The bill H.R. 8508 aims to amend the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act by reauthorizing the bycatch reduction engineering program and creating the Bycatch Mitigation Assistance Fund. The bill allocates $10 million annually from 2025 to 2029 for the...
Simple Explanation
The bill wants to help fishers catch less unwanted fish by giving them money to buy special tools, and it plans to give a lot of money each year for this from 2025 to 2029. Most of this help is for smaller boats, and the people giving out the money will talk to experts to use it the best way.