Bill Text: NY A07677 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-08-30 - signed chap.218 [A07677 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07677-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7677

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 15, 2019
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WILLIAMS,  ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the
          Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read once and referred to
          the Committee on Environmental Conservation

        AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
          extending  the  authority of the department of environmental conserva-
          tion to manage bluefish

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section 13-0340 of the environmental conservation law, as
     2  amended by chapter 147 of the laws  of  2016,  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
     5    The  department  may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [nine-
     6  teen] twenty-two, fix by  regulation  measures  for  the  management  of
     7  bluefish   (Pomatomus  saltatrix),  including  size  limits,  catch  and
     8  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
     9  on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligi-
    10  bility  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount
    11  and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
    12  portation, possession and sale, provided that such  regulations  are  no
    13  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth  in  this  chapter and
    14  provided further that such regulations are consistent with  the  compli-
    15  ance  requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the
    16  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and   with   applicable
    17  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
    18  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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