Do you support this bill?

Assembly Bill A8043B

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Prohibits octopus farming

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

Bill Amendments

co-Sponsors

2025-A8043 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13-0316-a, amd §71-0925, En Con L

2025-A8043 - Summary

Provides that no person shall sell any octopus that was bred, raised, or harvested under controlled conditions for the purpose of human consumption.

2025-A8043 - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8043
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. SIMONE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to octo-
   pus farming
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 13-0316-a to read as follows:
 § 13-0316-A. OCTOPUS FARMING.
   1.  DEFINITIONS.  AS  USED  IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A. "AQUACULTURE" MEANS  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  AQUATIC  ORGANISMS  UNDER
 CONTROLLED CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT PART OR ALL OF THEIR LIFECYCLE.
   B.  "OCTOPUS"  MEANS  A  CEPHALOPOD MOLLUSK WITH A SOFT BODY AND EIGHT
 LIMBS BELONGING TO THE ORDER OCTOPODA, AND DOES NOT INCLUDE WILD  CAUGHT
 OCTOPUSES  OR  OCTOPUSES  PROPAGATED, CULTIVATED, MAINTAINED, REARED, OR
 HARVESTED ONLY FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES UNRELATED TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.
   2. PROHIBITION. A. NO PERSON SHALL ENGAGE IN THE  AQUACULTURE  OF  ANY
 SPECIES OF OCTOPUS IN THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
   B. NO BUSINESS ENTITY SHALL SELL, POSSESS, OR TRANSPORT ANY SPECIES OF
 OCTOPUS IN THE STATE THAT IS THE RESULT OR PRODUCT OF AQUACULTURE.
   §  2. Section 71-0925 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7-d to read as follows:
   7-D. IF THE VIOLATION WAS AN ACT  PROHIBITED  BY  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 SECTION  13-0316-A  OF  THIS  CHAPTER, OR ANY RULE OR REGULATION ADOPTED
 PURSUANT THERETO, NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR  EACH  DAY  AND
 EACH  OFFENSE.  THE  DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT POLICIES FOR THE COLLECTION OF
 PENALTIES.
   § 3. This act shall take effect  immediately.  Effective  immediately,
 the  addition,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2025-A8043A - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13-0316-a, amd §71-0925, En Con L

2025-A8043A - Summary

Provides that no person shall sell any octopus that was bred, raised, or harvested under controlled conditions for the purpose of human consumption.

2025-A8043A - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8043--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMONE, REYES, BURDICK, EPSTEIN, LAVINE, SIMON,
   WOERNER -- read once and referred to the  Committee  on  Environmental
   Conservation  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to octo-
   pus farming

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 13-0316-a to read as follows:
 § 13-0316-A. OCTOPUS FARMING.
   1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS SECTION,  THE  FOLLOWING  TERMS  SHALL
 HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   A.  "AQUACULTURE"  MEANS  THE  PRODUCTION  OF  AQUATIC ORGANISMS UNDER
 CONTROLLED CONDITIONS THROUGHOUT PART OR ALL OF THEIR LIFECYCLE.
   B. "OCTOPUS" MEANS A CEPHALOPOD MOLLUSK WITH A  SOFT  BODY  AND  EIGHT
 LIMBS  BELONGING TO THE ORDER OCTOPODA, AND DOES NOT INCLUDE WILD CAUGHT
 OCTOPUSES OR OCTOPUSES PROPAGATED, CULTIVATED,  MAINTAINED,  REARED,  OR
 HARVESTED ONLY FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES UNRELATED TO COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION.
   2.  PROHIBITION.  NO  PERSON  SHALL  ENGAGE  IN THE AQUACULTURE OF ANY
 SPECIES OF OCTOPUS IN THE STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF HUMAN CONSUMPTION.
   § 2. Section 71-0925 of the environmental conservation law is  amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7-d to read as follows:
   7-D.  IF  THE  VIOLATION  WAS  AN ACT PROHIBITED BY SUBDIVISION TWO OF
 SECTION 13-0316-A OF THIS CHAPTER, OR ANY  RULE  OR  REGULATION  ADOPTED
 PURSUANT  THERETO,  NOT  TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR EACH DAY AND
 EACH OFFENSE. THE DEPARTMENT MAY ADOPT POLICIES FOR  THE  COLLECTION  OF
 PENALTIES.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately. Effective immediately,
 the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or  regulation  neces-
 sary  for  the  implementation  of  this  act  on its effective date are
 authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

co-Sponsors

2025-A8043B (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Codes
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Add §13-0316-a, amd §71-0925, En Con L

2025-A8043B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that no person shall sell any octopus that was bred, raised, or harvested under controlled conditions for the purpose of human consumption.

2025-A8043B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8043--B
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 22, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. SIMONE, REYES, BURDICK, LAVINE, SIMON, WOERNER,
   BORES, ROMERO, GRIFFIN, R. CARROLL, LUNSFORD, WILLIAMS  --  read  once
   and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation -- commit-
   tee  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
   mitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Environ-
   mental  Conservation  in  accordance  with  Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
   committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended  and
   recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to octo-
   pus farming
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The environmental conservation law is amended by  adding  a
 new section 13-0316-a to read as follows:
 § 13-0316-A. OCTOPUS; FARMING PROHIBITED.
   1.  AS  USED  IN THIS SECTION "OCTOPUS" MEANS ANY SPECIES BELONGING TO
 THE ORDER OCTOPODA.
   2. NO PERSON SHALL SELL, OFFER FOR SALE, OR TRADE ANY OCTOPUS THAT WAS
 BRED, RAISED, OR HARVESTED UNDER CONTROLLED CONDITIONS FOR THE  PURPOSES
 OF HUMAN CONSUMPTION; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT THIS PROHIBITION SHALL NOT
 APPLY  TO  ANY OCTOPUS THAT WAS TAKEN WHILE IN A WILD STATE, OR THAT WAS
 BRED, RAISED, OR HARVESTED SOLELY FOR BONA  FIDE  SCIENTIFIC  OR  EDUCA-
 TIONAL PURPOSES.
   §  2. Section 71-0925 of the environmental conservation law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision 7-d to read as follows:
   7-D. IF THE VIOLATION WAS AN ACT  PROHIBITED  BY  SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF
 SECTION  13-0316-A  OF  THIS CHAPTER, NOT TO EXCEED ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS
 FOR EACH OCTOPUS, OR PARTS OF SUCH OCTOPUS, SOLD, OFFERED FOR  SALE,  OR
 TRADED IN VIOLATION THEREOF.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
 have become   a law.  Effective  immediately,  the  addition,  amendment
 and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation
 of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are  authorized  to be made and
 completed on or before such effective date.

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.