STATE OF NEW YORK
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8565
IN SENATE
May 10, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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] nineteen, 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.
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