Bill Text: NY A06958 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the management of scup.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-08-17 - signed chap.426 [A06958 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A06958-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6958
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     April 6, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. SIMOTAS, SWEENEY, COLTON, JAFFEE, TITONE, ZEBROW-
         SKI,  COOK, MAISEL, P. RIVERA, REILLY, 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 scup
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 13-0340-e of the environmental  conservation  law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  145 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4  S 13-0340-e. Scup (Stenotomus chrysops).
    5    The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [eleven]
    6  FIFTEEN, fix by regulation measures for the management of scup (Stenoto-
    7  mus chrysops), including size limits, catch and possession limits,  open
    8  and  closed  seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking
    9  and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor,  record-
   10  keeping  requirements,  requirements  on  the amount and type of fishing
   11  effort and gear, and requirements relating to transportation, possession
   12  and sale, provided that such regulations are no  less  restrictive  than
   13  requirements  set  forth  in this chapter and provided further that such
   14  regulations are consistent with the compliance requirements of  applica-
   15  ble fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fish-
   16  eries  Commission  and  with applicable provisions of fishery management
   17  plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation  and  Manage-
   18  ment 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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