Courtesy of NAA:
Companion legislation has been introduced in the House and Senate by Representatives Mike Ezell (MS-04), Michael Guest (MS-03), Bennie Thompson (MS-02), Trent Kelly (MS-01) and Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas),
Katie Britt (R-Alabama), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), and Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) that would fully restore the ability of fish farmers and pond/lake managers to effectively manage predatory double-crested cormorants.
The legislation introduced to the House is found here, Cormorant Relief Act of 2025, and in the Senate found here: Cormorant Relief Act of 2025. The duplicate bills would restore U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regulations to allow producers and pond/lake managers to fight the cormorants, which threaten the livelihoods of aquaculture operations in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin.
This legislation is supported by the National Aquaculture Association and the Catfish Farmers of America.
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