Assembly Bill A6952

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to the management of crabs

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  • 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

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2011-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5192
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง13-0331, En Con L

2011-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the management of crabs.

2011-A6952 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  6952

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SWEENEY, COLTON, JAFFEE, TITONE,
  ZEBROWSKI, COOK, MAISEL, P. RIVERA, REILLY, ROBERTS, THIELE --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by -- M. of A. McENENY, STEVENSON -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  management of crabs

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1.   Subdivision 7 of section  13-0331  of  the  environmental
conservation  law,  as  amended  by  chapter 152 of the laws of 2007, is
amended to read as follows:
  7. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
[eleven] FIFTEEN, fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs
of  any  kind  including  horseshoe  crabs (Limulus sp.), 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 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  applicable  fishery
management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commis-
sion and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans  adopted
pursuant  to  the  Federal  Fishery  Conservation and Management Act (16
U.S.C. S 1800 et seq.).
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09000-01-1

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