Bycatch Reduction Act
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Summary
Based on the bill's title, this legislation would establish new requirements to reduce bycatch and seafloor damage from trawl fishing in Alaska waters. The bill would set gear performance standards, require seafloor contact detection and salmon excluder devices, improve transparency in fishery management council processes, prioritize ecosystem analysis, modernize electronic monitoring systems, restrict imports of unsustainably caught seafood, and create a fund to assist with bycatch mitigation and habitat protection efforts.
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