Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 3714 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3714 To improve the management of forage fish. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 4, 2025 Mrs. Dingell (for herself and Mr. Mast) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To improve the management of forage fish. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Forage Fish Conservation Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Section 2(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(14) Forage fish are generally small to intermediate- sized species, occurring in schools or dense aggregations, and function as a main pathway for energy to flow from phyto- and zooplankton to higher trophic level predators, including tuna, Alaska pol…