Bill > HR3718

This bill, titled the Sustaining America's Fisheries for the Future Act of 2025, is a comprehensive reauthorization and amendment of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act that aims to modernize fisheries management with a focus on climate change, ecosystem health, and supporting fishing communities. The bill introduces several key provisions, including establishing a national strategic plan for fisheries data, creating a climate-ready fisheries innovation program, expanding electronic monitoring technologies, improving stock assessments, and developing new protections for forage fish. It enhances tribal representation on fishery management councils, requires better reporting and management of bycatch, and sets new standards for rebuilding overfished stocks. The legislation also creates a Working Waterfronts Grant Program to help coastal communities preserve and improve fishing infrastructure, implements stronger protections for essential fish habitat, and establishes new guidelines for international fisheries management. Additionally, the bill addresses workplace harassment and sexual assault prevention within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and authorizes significant funding - ranging from approximately $698 million in fiscal year 2026 to $764 million in fiscal year 2030 - to support these comprehensive fisheries management improvements.

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