STATE OF NEW YORK
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1711--B
Cal. No. 283
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE(Prefiled)
January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. GRISANTI, AVELLA, BALL, BONACIC, BOYLE, BRESLIN,
DILAN, ESPAILLAT, GOLDEN, HOYLMAN, KRUEGER, LATIMER, LITTLE, SAVINO,
SERRANO, YOUNG -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee -- reported favorably from said committee,
ordered to first report, amended on first report, ordered to a second
report and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of
second report
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
prohibiting the possession, sale, offer for sale, trade or distrib-
ution of shark fins
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0338 of the environmental conservation law, as
2 added by chapter 231 of the laws of 1992, paragraph a of subdivision 1
3 as amended by chapter 308 of the laws of 1999 and subdivision 4 as
4 amended by chapter 428 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
5 follows:
6 § 13-0338. Sharks; department authority; finning prohibited.
7 1. For purposes of this section:
8 a. "Shark" means any species of the [order Squaliformes except species
9 in the suborder Batoidea, and] subclass Elasmobranchii except species in
10 the order Batoidei;
11 b. "Finning" means the removal of a fin[, other than the caudal fin,]
12 or fins from a shark and not retaining the remainder of the shark's
13 carcass[.]; and
14 c. "Shark fin" means the raw, dried or otherwise processed detached
15 fin including the tail.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 2. No person shall engage in finning on the waters of the marine and
2 coastal district.
3 3. [No person shall possess shark fins in the marine and coastal
4 district unless the proper proportion of species, number, and size of
5 shark carcasses is also possessed.] a. No person shall possess, sell,
6 offer for sale, trade or distribute a shark fin; provided, however, that
7 this prohibition shall not apply to any shark fin that was taken from a
8 spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) or a smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis)
9 lawfully caught by a licensed commercial fisherman.
10 b. A shark fin may be possessed by any person if the shark was
11 lawfully caught and the person has a recreational marine fishing regis-
12 tration or a license or permit from the department for bona fide scien-
13 tific research or educational purposes.
14 4. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand thir-
15 teen, fix by regulation measures for the management of sharks, including
16 size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons,
17 closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, require-
18 ments for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,
19 requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and
20 requirements relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided
21 that such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set
22 forth in this chapter and provided further that such regulations are
23 consistent with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery
24 management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis-
25 sion and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted
26 pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16
27 U.S.C. §1800 et seq.).
28 § 2. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2014.
