Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025

HR 3831, the Florida Safe Seas Act of 2025, amends an existing federal law to specifically include Florida in a prohibition against feeding sharks within the exclusive economic zone off the Florida coast. The bill modifies Section 317 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to replace "the State" with "the States" and add "and Florida" after Hawaii, ensuring Florida is explicitly covered under the current rule. This is a technical correction to clarify that Florida's waters are included in the existing federal ban on shark feeding, which already applied to Hawaii. The bill does not create new restrictions but formally extends the existing prohibition to Florida's exclusive economic zone. It directly affects activities involving shark feeding by vessels operating in Florida's offshore waters under federal jurisdiction.