BillsSS. 4938
A bill 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.
Stage
In committee
Latest action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
June 24, 2026
Committees
- PrimaryCommerce, Science, and Transportation Committee
Action history
- June 24, 2026Introduced in Senate
- June 24, 2026Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.