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1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by A6960
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.700
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Continues the authority of the department of environmental conservation to provide the taking of sharks
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Matthew Titone
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S4977
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to continuing the authority of the department of environmental conservation to provide the taking of sharks
Purpose
To extend the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) authority to manage sharks.
Summary of provisions
This bill would extend DEC's authority to fix, by regulation, management measures for sharks in State waters until December 31,2013.
Justification
The DEC's regulatory authority over sharks is necessary in order to preserve the current regulatory program. Failure to extend the existing regulatory authority by December 31, 2011 will result in the loss of regulatory protection of these species. Moreover, regulatory authority is critical for New York State to maintain compliance with Fishery Management Plans for important marine and anadromous fish species along the coast. Failure to make necessary regulatory changes required by Fishery Management Plans places New York in jeopardy of closure of commercial and recreational fisheries. Finally, ECL 13-0105, which sets forth the State's marine fisheries conservation and management policy, provides that this policy shall be carried out through achievement of certain objectives. One of these objectives is that the state's transboundary and migratory species shall be consistent with any inter-jurisdictional management plans, interstate or state-federal. Regulatory authority provides the mechanism to react timely to the ever changing fishery management plans.
Legislative history
Last extended by Chapter 141 of the Laws of 2007.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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