House Bill Introduced as Companion to Senate's Cormorant Relief Act to Help Catfish Farmers
U.S. House Representatives Michael Guest (MS-03) and Rick Crawford (AR-01) introduced House Resolution 2548, The Cormorant Relief Act, last Friday as companion legislation to Senate Bill 1050, which would increase flexibility for controlling double-crested cormorants by catfish farmers and other aquaculture producers.
"By allowing further taking of these predatory birds, producers in Mississippi, Arkansas, and other states would not be punished for efficient aquaculture production, which has been shown to attract more cormorants," Guest explained in a statement last week...
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