Bill Text: NY S07308 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7308 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-06-14 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10203 [S07308 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S07308-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7308
                    IN SENATE
                                     April 13, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  BOYLE -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
          mental Conservation) -- 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 manage bluefish
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 13-0340 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  166  of  the  laws  of 2014, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4  § 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
     5    The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,   two   thousand
     6  [sixteen]  nineteen,  fix  by  regulation measures for the management of
     7  bluefish  (Pomatomus  saltatrix),  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. § 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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