US HB2236 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on April 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-14 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on April 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-01-14 - Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Addresses the management and conservation of forage fish. (A forage fish is any fish at a low trophic level that contributes significantly to the diets of other fish, marine mammals, or birds and serves as a conduit for energy transfer to species at a higher trophic level.) The Department of Commerce must establish guidelines to assist regional fishery management councils in (1) developing a list of unmanaged forage fish areas and prohibiting the development of any new forage fish fisheries until the potential impacts of such fisheries have been assessed; and (2) setting annual catch limits for forage fish fisheries that assess, specify, and reduce such limits by the diet needs of other fish species and marine wildlife. The bill adds shad (American shad and hickory shad) and river herring (blueback herring and alewife) to the list of managed stocks for the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council.
Title
Forage Fish Conservation Act
Sponsors
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI] | Rep. Brian Mast [R-FL] | Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA] | Rep. Billy Long [R-MO] |
Rep. Fred Upton [R-MI] | Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA] | Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA] | Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA] |
Rep. Bennie Thompson [D-MS] | Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL] | Rep. Ed Case [D-HI] | Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR] |
Rep. Francis Rooney [R-FL] | Rep. Greg Steube [R-FL] | Rep. Marc Veasey [D-TX] | Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS] |
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA] | Rep. Earl Carter [R-GA] | Rep. Richard Hudson [R-NC] | Rep. Thomas Suozzi [D-NY] |
Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY] |
History
Date | Chamber | Action |
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2020-01-14 | House | Subcommittee Hearings Held. |
2019-04-29 | House | Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife. |
2019-04-10 | House | Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources. |
2019-04-10 | House | Introduced in House |
Subjects
Advisory bodies
Animals
Atlantic Ocean
Ecology
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
Animals
Atlantic Ocean
Ecology
Fishes
Hunting and fishing
Marine and coastal resources, fisheries
Wildlife conservation and habitat protection
US Congress State Sources
Type | Source |
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Summary | https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/2236/all-info |
Text | https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr2236/BILLS-116hr2236ih.pdf |