Requires NOAA to publish a public list of foreign vessels and vessel owners engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, and bars listed owners from entering the United States.

Official title: Fighting Foreign Illegal Seafood Harvests Act of 2025

Next stop House: awaiting action

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House

Received 24-MAR-2026

Senate

Introduced 24-FEB-2025

Referred 24-FEB-2025

Approved by committee 30-APR-2025

Reported 03-FEB-2026

On the calendar 03-FEB-2026

Passed 22-MAR-2026

Key points

Directs NOAA to create and publish a list of foreign vessels, fleets, and beneficial owners engaged in illegal, unreported, or unregulated fishing, including vessel identifiers and owner addresses.
Makes listed foreign owners inadmissible to the United States and revokes their existing visas, with a presidential waiver if it is in the national interest.
Directs the Coast Guard to increase boardings of suspected vessels on the high seas and to report to Congress within 3 years.
Authorizes $10,000,000 per fiscal year for 2025 through 2030 for the vessel list and extends Sea Grant College Program authorization through fiscal year 2031.

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Committee referrals (1)

Policy area

Public Lands and Natural Resources

Sponsor Dan Sullivan (R-AK) Cosponsors · 9

■ 5 R■ 4 D

5 Republicans

4 Democrats