Senate Bill S5838

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to management of the American lobster; repealer

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S5838 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8105
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§13-0329 & 13-0334, En Con L; rpld §2, amd §3, Chap 211 of 2008

2013-S5838 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to management of the American lobster.

2013-S5838 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5838 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5838

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 17, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  management  of  American  lobster; to amend chapter 211 of the laws of
  2008 amending the  environmental  conservation  law  relating  to  the
  management  of  American  lobsters,  in  relation to the effectiveness
  thereof; to repeal section 2 of such chapter relating to  the  manage-
  ment  of  American  lobsters;  and providing for the repeal of certain
  provisions upon expiration thereof

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraphs a and d of subdivision 5 of section 13-0329 of
the environmental conservation law, paragraph a as amended by section  1
of  chapter  211 of the laws of 2008 and paragraph d as added by chapter
357 of the laws of 1998, are amended to read as follows:
  a. Except as provided in subdivisions 13 [and],  16  AND  18  of  this
section,  only lobsters measuring three and three-eighths inches or more
and five and one-quarter inches or less may be taken, possessed, bought,
sold, imported and exported. All measurements are from the rear  end  of
the  eye  socket  along  a  line parallel to the center line of the body
shell (carapace) to the rear end of the body shell (carapace).
  d. The landing or possession, IN THE MARINE DISTRICT, of  lobster,  or
parts thereof, not in the shell, detached lobster tails or claws, or any
other  part of a lobster that has been separated from the lobster BY ANY
PERSON WHO HAS A LOBSTER PERMIT ISSUED BY THE STATE is prohibited. [This
prohibition applies to any lobstermen licensed by the state.]
  S 2. Section 13-0329 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
by adding three new subdivisions 17, 18 and 19 to read as follows:
  17.  A.  NO LOBSTER MAY BE TAKEN FROM ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES
COMMISSION AREA SIX FROM SEPTEMBER EIGHTH THROUGH NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH
PURSUANT TO THE  RECOMMENDATIONS  OF  THE  AREA'S  LOBSTER  CONSERVATION

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08963-04-3
              

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