Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 7
- Latest action
- Jun 4, 2025
What it does
The Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025 would improve the management of forage fish species by requiring the Secretary of Commerce to define "forage fish" within 12 months of enactment, based on ecological factors like trophic level and diet contributions. It mandates that regional fishery management councils develop lists of unmanaged forage fish and prohibit new directed fisheries until conservation needs are assessed, and requires annual catch limits for forage fish to account for the dietary needs of predators like tuna, marine mammals, and birds. The bill also adds river herring and shad as managed stocks in certain Atlantic fisheries and increases observer coverage on mid-water trawl…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.