Bill Text: NY A08001 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to management of scup.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 0000-00-00 - [A08001 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A08001-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          8001
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 3, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SIMOTAS,  ENGLEBRIGHT  -- (at request of the
          Department 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 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, as
     2  amended  by  chapter  426  of  the  laws  of 2011, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0340-e. Scup (Stenotomus chrysops).
     5    The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,   two   thousand
     6  [fifteen]  seventeen,  fix  by regulation measures for the management of
     7  scup (Stenotomus chrysops), including size limits, catch and  possession
     8  limits,  open  and  closed  seasons,  closed  areas, restrictions on the
     9  manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits  and  eligibility
    10  therefor,  recordkeeping  requirements,  requirements  on the amount and
    11  type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to  transpor-
    12  tation,  possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less
    13  restrictive than requirements set forth in  this  chapter  and  provided
    14  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the  compliance
    15  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.
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