STATE OF NEW YORK
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10072
IN SENATE
April 27, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- (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 winter flounder
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0340-c of the environmental conservation law, as
2 amended by chapter 321 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 § 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus).
5 The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twen-
6 ty-six] twenty-nine, fix by regulation measures for the management of
7 winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus), including size limits, catch
8 and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas,
9 restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for
10 permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, require-
11 ments on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and require-
12 ments relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided that
13 such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in
14 this chapter and provided further that such regulations are consistent
15 with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management plans
16 adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with
17 applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to
18 the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et
19 seq.).
20 § 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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