Authorizes existing Great Lakes fish tagging program

Gives a federal fish-tagging program in the Great Lakes legal authority, letting it buy more equipment and hire more workers and share data with state and tribal fish agencies.

• The program tags hatchery-raised fish so they can be told apart from wild fish
• Lets the Fish and Wildlife Service buy equipment for tagging and tag recovery
• Lets the agency hire more workers to run the program on a larger scale
• Data goes to federal, state, and tribal agencies for fisheries management

Passed the House · Senate's turn

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