S 1255 · 119th Congress

Cormorant Relief Act of 2025

This bill requires the federal government to bring back and expand rules that allow fish farmers and private lake/pond managers to kill double-crested cormorants that are eating their fish. Cormorants are large water birds that dive for fish, and they can cause significant damage to aquaculture operations (fish farm…

Sponsor

Cotton, Tom (R-Arkansas)

Introduced

2025-04-02

Policy area

Animals

Latest action

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.