Establishes the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage Atlantic bonito and false albacore, the official text

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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 20, 2026
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHIAVONI  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Environmental Conservation
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   establishing  the authority of the department of environmental conser-
   vation to manage Atlantic bonito and false albacore
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The environmental conservation law is amended by adding a
 new section 13-0340-h to read as follows:
 § 13-0340-H. ATLANTIC BONITO (SARDA SARDA) AND FALSE ALBACORE (EUTHYNNUS
                ALLETTERATUS).
   THE DEPARTMENT MAY, UNTIL DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-
 NINE,  FIX  BY REGULATION MEASURES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF ATLANTIC BONITO
 (SARDA SARDA) AND FALSE ALBACORE (EUTHYNNUS ALLETTERATUS) 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. § 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.
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