Bill Text: NY S09419 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the regulation of taking crabs, including minimum and maximum size limits, open and closed seasons including lunar closures, and a prohibition on the harvest of crabs in amplexus.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-06-01 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7710A [S09419 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-S09419-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9419

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 25, 2022
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        Introduced  by Sen. KAMINSKY -- 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
          regulation of taking 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 section 1 of item J of subpart A of part
     3  XXX of chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
     4    7.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
     5  [twenty-three] twenty-four, fix by regulation measures for  the  manage-
     6  ment  of  crabs  of  any  kind  including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.),
     7  including minimum and maximum size limits, catch and possession  limits,
     8  open   and  closed  seasons  including  lunar  closures,  closed  areas,
     9  restrictions on the manner of taking and landing including a prohibition
    10  on the harvest of crabs in amplexus, requirements for permits and eligi-
    11  bility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the  amount
    12  and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
    13  portation,  possession  and  sale, provided that such regulations are no
    14  less restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth  in  this  chapter  and
    15  provided  further  that such regulations are consistent with the compli-
    16  ance requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by  the
    17  Atlantic   States   Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and  with  applicable
    18  provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to  the  Federal
    19  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
    20    §  2. Section 13-0331 of the environmental conservation law is amended
    21  by adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
    22    1-a. The department may, until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
    23  twenty-four,  fix  by  regulation  the  limit of Jonah crabs that may be
    24  taken for commercial purposes by commercial crab permit holders  and  by
    25  holders of New York commercial lobster licenses provided that such regu-
    26  lations shall be consistent with the compliance requirements of applica-
    27  ble fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fish-
    28  eries  Commission  and  with applicable provisions of fishery management
    29  plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation  and  Manage-
    30  ment Act (16 U.S.C. section 1800 et seq.).
    31    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11608-04-2