U.S. House · 119th Congress · H.R. 9953
Bycatch Reduction Act
To reduce trawl gear impacts on bycatch and seafloor habitat in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska, to establish gear performance standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements, to improve Council transparency and participation, to prioritize ecosystem analyses, to modernize electronic monitoring, to prohibit unsustainable foreign seafood imports, and to establish a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund.
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- Sponsor
- Nicholas J. Begich IIIR-AK-AL
- Introduced
- July 27, 2026, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Public Lands and Natural Resources (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
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