Bill Text: NY S04978 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to continuing the authority of the department of environmental conservation to provide for the taking of blackfish.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6886 [S04978 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04978-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4978
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2011
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       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
         continuing  the authority of the department of environmental conserva-
         tion to provide for the taking of blackfish
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 13-0340-d of the environmental
    2  conservation law, as amended by chapter 147 of  the  laws  of  2007,  is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    1.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
    5  [eleven] FOURTEEN, fix by regulation  measures  for  the  management  of
    6  blackfish  (Tautoga onitis), including size limits, catch and possession
    7  limits, open and closed  seasons,  closed  areas,  restrictions  on  the
    8  manner  of  taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
    9  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements  on  the  amount  and
   10  type  of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to transpor-
   11  tation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no  less
   12  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth in this chapter and provided
   13  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the  compliance
   14  requirements  of  applicable  fishery  management  plans  adopted by the
   15  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and   with   applicable
   16  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
   17  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. S 1800 et seq.).
   18    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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