Bill Text: NY S06984 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-22 - SIGNED CHAP.162 [S06984 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06984-Amended.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        6984--A
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 11, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
         -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
         and recommitted to said committee
       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  88 of the laws of 2011, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
    5  [fourteen]  SIXTEEN,  fix  by  regulation measures for the management of
    6  blackfish (Tautoga onitis), 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. S 1800 et seq.).
   18    S 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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