STATE OF NEW YORK
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9452
IN ASSEMBLY
April 30, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, THIELE, PEOPLES-STOKES, ZEBROWSKI, OTIS,
ROSENTHAL, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BENEDETTO, COOK,
CRESPO, MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
mental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
extending the authority of the department of environmental conserva-
tion to manage weakfish
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0340-a of the environmental conservation law, as
2 amended by chapter 418 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 § 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
5 The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [four-
6 teen] sixteen, fix by regulation measures for the management of weakfish
7 (Cynoscion regalis), including size limits, catch and possession limits,
8 open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of
9 taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor,
10 recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fish-
11 ing effort and gear, and requirements relating to transportation,
12 possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less restric-
13 tive than requirements set forth in this chapter and provided further
14 that such regulations are consistent with the compliance requirements of
15 applicable fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States
16 Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable provisions of fishery
17 management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation
18 and Management Act (16 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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