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

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   8486
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. WRIGHT -- (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 bluefish

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13-0340 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  307  of  the  laws  of 2022, is amended to read as
 follows:
 § 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
   The department may, until December thirty-first, two  thousand  [twen-
 ty-five]  TWENTY-EIGHT, fix by regulation measures for the management of
 bluefish  (Pomatomus  saltatrix),  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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