S. 5273

Fisheries Science Modernization Act of 2026

Sponsor: Lisa Murkowski

8 cosponsors
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I Improving fisheries stock assessments by incorporating eDNA

Sec. 105. Amendments to Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

(a) In general. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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409. Environmental DNA and other environmental nucleic acids-based methods. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate environmental DNA and other environmental nucleic acids-based methods into fisheries research, fishery-independent surveys, stock assessments, and ecosystem monitoring—

(1) based on the best scientific information available; and

(2) guided by—

(A) the implementation plan required by section 102 of the Fisheries Science Modernization Act of 2026; and

(B) the national standards developed by the National Aquatic Biomolecular Coordination Network under section 201(d) of that Act.

(b) Clerical amendment. The table of contents at the beginning of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

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Sec. 409. Environmental DNA and other environmental nucleic acids-based methods.

II Enhancing United States competitiveness through eDNA