Senate Bill S3197

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to inequitable fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state commercial fishermen

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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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2017-S3197 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2514
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S2930, A4261

2017-S3197 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Directs the attorney general to bring legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services or any other federal or state agency challenging existing inequitable fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state commercial fishermen.

2017-S3197 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S3197 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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     S. 3197                                                  A. 2514
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 20, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental
   Conservation
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY  --  Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, MURRAY, PALUMBO -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

 AN ACT in relation to directing the state attorney general to bring  any
   and  all  legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services
   or any other federal or interstate agency challenging existing inequi-
   table fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state  commer-
   cial fishermen
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings. The Magnuson-Stevens  Act  (MSA)  was
 enacted  by the United States Congress in 1976 to restrict foreign fish-
 ing vessels in the United States offshore waters from  3  miles  to  200
 miles  off  the  shoreline.  The  MSA also sought to regulate fishing in
 federal waters by establishing various management tools such as a  state
 by  state  quota allocation system for commercial fishermen. These state
 by state quotas created by the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council
 and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service,
 pursuant to the MSA, are based upon  faulty  and  incomplete  collection
 data,  which  discriminate  against commercial fishermen in the state of
 New York. As a result of  these  discriminatory  practices,  New  York's
 quota  for  black sea bass, bluefish, scup, and summer flounder are much
 lower than would be allocated under a  fair  non-discriminatory  system.
 For example, New York's summer flounder quota was less than half of that
 allocated  to  Rhode  Island,  New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina.
 This discriminatory quota system has resulted  in  unwarranted  economic
 and job losses. It is the purpose of this act to direct the state attor-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04089-01-7

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