Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage black sea bass, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 1, 2026
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. HOOKS -- (at request of the Department of Envi-
   ronmental Conservation) -- read once and referred 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 black sea bass

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13-0340-f of the environmental conservation law, as
 amended by chapter 314 of the laws  of  2023,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 13-0340-f. Black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
   The  department  may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twen-
 ty-six] TWENTY-NINE, fix by regulation measures for  the  management  of
 black sea bass (Centropristis striata), 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 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
 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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