Assembly Bill A10140

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes

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Current Bill Status - Passed Senate & Assembly

  • 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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2023-A10140 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3185
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0331, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4832
2017-2018: S62
2019-2020: S48
2021-2022: S684

2023-A10140 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes.

2023-A10140 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10140
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE  ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Glick) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedi-
   cal purposes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1, 7 and 8 of section 13-0331 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 447 of  the
 laws  of  2017,  subdivision  7 as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of
 2022 and subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 2018, are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. No person shall take crabs[,  including  horseshoe  crabs  (Limulus
 sp.)]  for commercial purposes without first obtaining a permit from the
 department. For purposes of this subdivision, a presumption of  "commer-
 cial  purposes" shall be made wherein one takes or lands more than fifty
 crabs in any one day or sells or barters or offers for  sale  or  barter
 any  crabs  he  or she has taken. Permits shall be issued to individuals
 only but may be endorsed for use on a vessel, in  which  case  it  shall
 cover all persons on board such vessel.
   7.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
 [twenty-four] TWENTY-SIX, fix by regulation measures for the  management
 of  crabs  of  any  kind [including], EXCLUDING horseshoe crabs (Limulus
 sp.), including minimum and maximum size limits,  catch  and  possession
 limits,  open and closed seasons including lunar closures, closed areas,
 restrictions on the manner of taking and landing including a prohibition
 on the harvest of crabs in amplexus, 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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