Bill Text: NY S04979 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4979 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the management of black sea bass.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6950 [S04979 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04979-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4979
                              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 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 145 of the laws  of  2007,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4  S 13-0340-f. Black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
    5    The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [eleven]
    6  FIFTEEN, fix by regulation measures for the management of black sea bass
    7  (Centropristis  striata),  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 transporta-
   12  tion,  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. 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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