STATE OF NEW YORK
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9508
IN ASSEMBLY
May 5, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. WEISENBERG, SWEENEY, PEOPLES-STOKES, THIELE,
ZEBROWSKI, OTIS, ROSENTHAL, TITONE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
BENEDETTO, COOK, CRESPO, MAGEE, ROBINSON -- read once and referred 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 bluefish
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0340 of the environmental conservation law, as
2 amended by chapter 429 of the laws of 2011, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 § 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
5 The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [four-
6 teen] sixteen, fix by regulation measures for the management of bluefish
7 (Pomatomus saltatrix), including size limits, catch and possession
8 limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the
9 manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
10 therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount and
11 type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to transpor-
12 tation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less
13 restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter and provided
14 further that such regulations are consistent with the compliance
15 requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the
16 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable
17 provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
18 Fishery Conservation 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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