Bill Text: NY S09303 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-05-24 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10161 [S09303 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09303-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9303

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 13, 2022
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  THOMAS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed 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 blackfish

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

     1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 13-0340-d of the environmental
     2  conservation law, as amended by chapter 236 of  the  laws  of  2019,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    1.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
     5  [twenty-two] twenty-five, fix by regulation measures for the  management
     6  of   blackfish  (Tautoga  onitis),  including  size  limits,  catch  and
     7  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
     8  on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligi-
     9  bility  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount
    10  and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
    11  portation, possession and sale, provided that such  regulations  are  no
    12  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth  in  this  chapter and
    13  provided further that such regulations are consistent with  the  compli-
    14  ance  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.
                                                                   LBD15572-01-2