Creates a pilot program to buy invasive blue catfish caught in the Chesapeake Bay area

§1What it does

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This bill would require the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to run a two-year pilot program that provides money to makers of pet food, animal feed and fish-farm feed to buy blue catfish, an invasive species, caught in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.^2,3,4 The fish would come from local commercial fishers, known as watermen, and seafood processors, at a minimum price per pound that NOAA would set based on market factors, participants' feedback and separate prices for fillets and byproducts.^3,4 Before the program starts, NOAA would work with Maryland, Virginia and research institutions to estimate and publish how many blue catfish live in the watershed, and afterward it would report the program's results to Congress.^3,4

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§3How Congress voted

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