Bill Text: NY A06887 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the management of weakfish.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-17 - signed chap.418 [A06887 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06887-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6887
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 5, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, COLTON, JAFFEE, TITONE, ZEBROWSKI, COOK,
         MAISEL, P. RIVERA, REILLY, ROBERTS, THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M.
         of A. McENENY, STEVENSON -- read once and referred to the Committee on
         Environmental Conservation
       AN  ACT  to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
         management of weakfish
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.   Section 13-0340-a of the environmental conservation law,
    2  as amended by chapter 152 of the laws of 2007, is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4  S 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
    5    The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [eleven]
    6  FOURTEEN,  fix  by  regulation  measures  for the management of weakfish
    7  (Cynoscion regalis), including size limits, catch and possession limits,
    8  open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions  on  the  manner  of
    9  taking  and  landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor,
   10  recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fish-
   11  ing effort  and  gear,  and  requirements  relating  to  transportation,
   12  possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less restric-
   13  tive  than  requirements  set forth in this chapter and provided further
   14  that such regulations are consistent with the compliance requirements of
   15  applicable fishery management  plans  adopted  by  the  Atlantic  States
   16  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and with applicable provisions of fishery
   17  management plans adopted pursuant to the  Federal  Fishery  Conservation
   18  and Management Act (16 U.S.C. S 1800 et seq.).
   19    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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