Bill Text: NY S04975 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4975 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the management of winter flounder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6946 [S04975 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04975-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4975
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2011
                                      ___________
       Introduced by Sens. JOHNSON, GRISANTI -- 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  the
         management of winter flounder
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 13-0340-c of the environmental conservation law, as
    2  amended by chapter 145 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    S 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus).
    5    The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [eleven]
    6  THIRTEEN,  fix  by  regulation  measures  for  the  management of winter
    7  flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus), 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. 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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