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Senate Bill S10043

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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

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2025-S10043 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A11347
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0340-e, En Con L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6950, A7439

2025-S10043 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage scup to December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-nine.

2025-S10043 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S10043 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10043
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 24, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MAY -- (at request of the Department of Environmental
   Conservation)  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
   be committed 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 scup

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13-0340-e of the environmental conservation law, as
 amended  by  chapter  317  of  the  laws  of 2023, is amended to read as
 follows:
 § 13-0340-e. Scup (Stenotomus chrysops).
   The department may, until December thirty-first, two  thousand  [twen-
 ty-six]  TWENTY-NINE,  fix  by regulation measures for the management of
 scup (Stenotomus chrysops), 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,  requirements  on the amount and
 type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to  transpor-
 tation,  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.
                                                            LBD15011-01-6

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