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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         6983--A
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                     April 11, 2014
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. MARTINS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
          -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee
 
        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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