Bill Text: NY A07938 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass; extends provisions to December 31, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-08-21 - signed chap.207 [A07938 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A07938-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7938
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      May 19, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. D'URSO, ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the Depart-
          ment  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 black sea bass
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13-0340-f of the environmental conservation law, as
     2  amended  by  chapter  194  of  the  laws  of 2015, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0340-f. Black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
     5    The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand  [seven-
     6  teen] twenty, fix by regulation measures for the management of black sea
     7  bass   (Centropristis   striata),   including  size  limits,  catch  and
     8  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
     9  on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligi-
    10  bility  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount
    11  and type of fishing effort and gear and requirements relating to  trans-
    12  portation,  possession  and  sale, provided that such regulations are no
    13  less restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth  in  this  chapter  and
    14  provided  further  that such regulations are consistent with the compli-
    15  ance requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by  the
    16  Atlantic   States   Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and  with  applicable
    17  provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to  the  Federal
    18  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09939-01-7
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