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S. 3579119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Dec 18, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Bycatch Reduction and Research Act of 2025
Introduced:
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Federal bill directs NOAA to research and reduce accidental fish catches in Alaskan waters and fund gear upgrades for fishermen.
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This bill tells NOAA to expand research on bycatch, which is the unintended catching of fish and other marine life during commercial fishing. It calls for studies on salmon migration, faster genetic testing of accidentally caught salmon, and research on how trawl gear affects the ocean floor. It also directs NOAA to build a flume tank testing facility and creates a donation-supported fund to help fishermen buy or upgrade less harmful gear.
Commercial fishermen, fishing vessel operators, Alaska Native communities, researchers, and fishery managers are most directly affected. The bill focuses on fishing activity in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska.
Bycatch can harm fish populations and ocean habitats that commercial fisheries depend on. This bill would change how federal agencies study and respond to those unintended catches.
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Right now: a Senate committee is reviewing it. If the House changes it, it goes back to the Senate before reaching the President.
Latest action: — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.