This bill expands which fishing industries can get federal disaster relief money. Right now, the law mainly helps ocean and river fisheries when disasters strike, but freshwater fisheries—particularly crawfish farms in places like Louisiana—have been left out. This bill changes that by making crawfish fisheries eligible for the same disaster assistance programs.

The bill does two main things. First, it adds a new category of disasters that qualify for relief: problems caused by infrastructure failures. This includes situations where flood control systems, levees, or water diversion projects fail or operate in ways that damage fisheries, harm fish habitats, or pollute water. Second, it specifically names red swamp crawfish and white river crawfish fisheries as eligible for disaster relief, and it requires the government to track environmental conditions like water quality, flooding, and drought that affect these crawfish operations.

In practical terms, if a crawfish farmer loses their harvest because a levee fails, water quality drops, or extreme flooding occurs, they can now apply for federal disaster assistance to help recover their losses—something they couldn't do before. The bill also makes clear that this expansion doesn't take away any existing help for ocean and river fisheries; it just adds freshwater fisheries to the list of those who can receive support.