Assembly Bill A6929

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Requires that an applicant for a commercial food fish license get half of their income from fishing

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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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2015-A6929 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Environmental Conservation
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง11-0303 & 13-0328, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A4067
2011-2012: A8063
2013-2014: A5434

2015-A6929 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that an applicant for a commercial food fish license get an average of half of his or her income from commercial fishing or fishing over 3 consecutive years; reduces the alternative income requirement for such license from $15,000 to $10,000 per year from commercial fishing or fishing.

2015-A6929 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6929

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 10, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A. THIELE, RAIA -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Environmental Conservation

AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
  issuance  of  full  quota  share  striped  bass commercial permits and
  commercial food fish licenses

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  3  of  section  11-0303 of the environmental
conservation law, as amended by chapter 87  of  the  laws  of  2011,  is
amended to read as follows:
  3.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
fifteen, fix by regulation measures for the management of striped  bass,
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.).   ANY AND  ALL  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  OF  THE
DEPARTMENT  RELATING TO INCOME QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF A FULL
QUOTA SHARE STRIPED BASS COMMERCIAL PERMIT SHALL  REQUIRE  A  PERSON  TO
DEMONSTRATE  IN  A  MANNER ACCEPTABLE TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT SUCH PERSON
RECEIVED AN AVERAGE OF AT LEAST TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS OR MORE THAN  FIFTY
PERCENT  OF HIS OR HER ANNUAL EARNED INCOME OVER THREE CONSECUTIVE YEARS
FROM THE HARVEST OF MARINE FISH, SHELLFISH, CRUSTACEANS OR OTHER  MARINE
BIOTA.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10350-01-5

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