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. Otis) -- (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 to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in
special management areas
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 13-0360 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 315 of the laws of 2023, is
amended to read as follows:
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department
may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-six] TWENTY-NINE,
adopt regulations restricting the taking of fish, shellfish and crusta-
cea in any special management area designated pursuant to subdivision
two of this section. Such regulations may restrict the manner of taking
of fish, shellfish and crustacea in such areas and the landing of fish,
shellfish and crustacea which have been taken therefrom. Such regu-
lations shall be consistent with all relevant federal and interstate
fisheries management plans and with the marine fisheries conservation
and management policy set forth in section 13-0105 of this article.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15001-01-6
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