Bill Text: NY S02409 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-25 - signed chap.20 [S02409 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-S02409-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2409 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 24, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 13-0331 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2017, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 7. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand 5 [eighteen] twenty, fix by regulation measures for the management of 6 crabs of any kind including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.), including 7 size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, 8 closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, require- 9 ments for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, 10 requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and 11 requirements relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided 12 that such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set 13 forth in this chapter and provided further that such regulations are 14 consistent with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery 15 management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis- 16 sion and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted 17 pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 18 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. LBD07815-01-9