Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage weakfish, the official text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   8278
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. LASHER -- (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 weakfish

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13-0340-a of the environmental conservation law, as
 amended by chapter 306 of the laws  of  2022,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
 § 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
   The  department  may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twen-
 ty-five] TWENTY-EIGHT, fix by regulation measures for the management  of
 weakfish   (Cynoscion   regalis),   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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