Requires the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and NOAA to set new gear standards, seafloor contact detection, and salmon excluder requirements for trawl fishing in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska to cut bycatch and seafloor damage.

• Requires pelagic and nonpelagic trawl vessels to meet gear performance standards and, for pelagic trawls, carry seafloor contact detection systems
• Requires trawl vessels in the North Pacific to use salmon excluder devices within one year of enactment
• Requires recorded roll-call votes and online webcasts, transcripts, and an archive for Council meetings, and a 4-week public comment period
• Prohibits seafood from foreign vessels unless the Secretary of Commerce finds the fishery's management comparable to U.S. conservation standards, and creates a Bycatch Mitigation and Habitat Protection Assistance Fund administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

• Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee (Senate)

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