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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 15, 2026
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A.
De Los Santos) -- (at request of the Department of Environmental
Conservation) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environ-
mental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
extending the authority of the department of environmental conserva-
tion to manage sharks
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 13-0338 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 318 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
4. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand
[twenty-six] TWENTY-NINE, fix by regulation measures for the management
of sharks, 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, recordkeep-
ing requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort
and gear, and requirements 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 applica-
ble fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fish-
eries Commission and with applicable provisions of fishery management
plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Manage-
ment 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.
LBD15013-01-6
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