S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 13, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Powers) --
(at request of the Department of Environmental Conservation) -- 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 regarding the management of fluke-summer flounder
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 13-0340-b of the environmental conservation law, as
amended by chapter 311 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
§ 13-0340-b. Fluke - summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus).
The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twen-
ty-six] TWENTY-NINE, fix by regulation measures for the management of
fluke or summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus), including size limits,
catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas,
restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for
permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, require-
ments on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and require-
ments relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided that
such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in
this chapter and provided further that such regulations are consistent
with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management plans
adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with
applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to
the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et
seq.).
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15006-01-6
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