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S. 1152119th CongressIn committeeLatest action Mar 26, 2025Decoded by AI · checked against the record
Official title: Rhode Island Fishermen's Fairness Act of 2025
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S 1152 would give Rhode Island a formal seat and vote on the federal council that sets fishing rules for Mid-Atlantic waters.
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This bill would add Rhode Island to the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, the federal body that sets fishing rules for waters off the Mid-Atlantic coast. It would grow the council from 21 to 23 total seats and from 13 to 14 voting members.
Rhode Island's commercial and recreational fishing industries would be most directly affected. Right now, Rhode Island has no formal seat or vote on this council, even though Rhode Island fishermen fish in those waters and live under its rules.
Rhode Island fishermen currently fish in Mid-Atlantic waters and are affected by the council's decisions without having any formal say in them. Adding the state would give it a voice in decisions about fish species and fishing limits set by that council.
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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. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1874-1875)