Creates a Great Lakes program to track hatchery fish, helping improve fishing and protect the ecosystem.
This bill would start a new program to tag hatchery-raised fish in the Great Lakes. This would help experts understand fish better. It aims to improve fishing and make the Great Lakes healthier. The program would also bring more teamwork among agencies.
Today, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service runs a smaller program that tags about 9 million to 11 million hatchery-produced fish each year. Federal, State, and Tribal agencies stock about 21 million hatchery fish annually. After this bill, a new, expanded Great Lakes Mass Marking Program would be established, with dedicated funding of $5 million per year for five years. This would allow for more comprehensive tagging, better data collection, and required collaboration among all involved agencies to improve fisheries management.
S 2880 · 119th Congress · September 18, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 10/10
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