Bill Text: NY A10348 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage striped bass until December 31, 2027.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-07-03 - signed chap.189 [A10348 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-A10348-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 10348 IN ASSEMBLY May 18, 2024 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Thiele) -- (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 striped bass The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0303 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 258 of the laws of 2021, is 3 amended as follows: 4 3. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand 5 [twenty-four] twenty-seven, fix by regulation measures for the manage- 6 ment of striped bass, including size limits, catch and possession 7 limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the 8 manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility 9 therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount and 10 type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to transpor- 11 tation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less 12 restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter and provided 13 further that such regulations are consistent with the compliance 14 requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the 15 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable 16 provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal 17 Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.). 18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14168-01-4