STATE OF NEW YORK
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9340
IN SENATE
May 13, 2024
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Introduced by Sen. SKOUFIS -- (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 monkfish
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0340-g of the environmental conservation law, as
2 amended by chapter 123 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 § 13-0340-g. Monkfish (Lophius americanus, Lophius reticulatus and
5 Lophius gastrophysus).
6 The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twen-
7 ty-four] twenty-seven, fix by regulation measures for the management of
8 monkfish (Lophius americanus, Lophius reticulatus and Lophius gastrophy-
9 sus), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and
10 closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and
11 landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeep-
12 ing requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort
13 and gear, and requirements relating to transportation, possession and
14 sale, provided that such regulations are no less restrictive than
15 requirements set forth in this chapter and provided further that such
16 regulations are consistent with the compliance requirements of applica-
17 ble fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fish-
18 eries Commission and with applicable provisions of fishery management
19 plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Manage-
20 ment Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
21 § 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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