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

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 27, 2026
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 Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- (at request of the Department of Environ-
   mental  Conservation)  --  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed 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 winter flounder

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 13-0340-c of the environmental conservation law, as
 amended  by  chapter  321  of  the  laws  of 2023, is amended to read as
 follows:
 § 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus).
   The department may, until December thirty-first, two  thousand  [twen-
 ty-six]  TWENTY-NINE,  fix  by regulation measures for the management of
 winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus), 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,  require-
 ments  on  the  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and require-
 ments 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  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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