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Dingell pushes mass marking program to improve Great Lakes fishery data
Summary
Representative Debbie Dingell urged passage of HR 1917 to expand mass marking of hatchery fish in the Great Lakes, saying broader tagging would improve survival and reproduction data used for fisheries management; witnesses and members highlighted the program's economic value for the region's $7 billion fishing economy.
Representative Debbie Dingell used her five‑minute sponsor time at the subcommittee hearing to press for HR 1917, the Great Lakes Mass Marking Program Act of 2025, saying the bill would expand tagging of hatchery fish so managers can better distinguish hatchery‑produced fish from wild stocks.
"Mass marking is the practice of tagging large numbers of hatchery raised fish so we can easily distinguish them from the wild fish population," Dingell told the panel. The bill would require mass marking across…
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