Assembly Bill A8486

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee

  • 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

Do you support this bill?

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

2025-A8486 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7773
Current Committee:
Senate Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0340, En Con L

2025-A8486 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish from 2025 to 2028.

2025-A8486 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8486
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT -- (at request of the Department of Envi-
   ronmental 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 manage bluefish

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13-0340 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  307  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
 § 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
   The department may, until December thirty-first, two  thousand  [twen-
 ty-five]  TWENTY-EIGHT, fix by regulation measures for the management of
 bluefish  (Pomatomus  saltatrix),  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 eligi-
 bility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the  amount
 and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
 portation,  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 compli-
 ance 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.
                                                            LBD09955-01-5

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.