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Senator · Senate District 57
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- Referred to environmental conservation
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Exempts traps set in water from the requirement that they be visited once every 24 hours
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Aileen Gunther
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BILL NUMBER:S6166
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to exempting traps set in water from the requirement of being visited every twenty-four hours
Purpose
Exempts traps set in water from the requirement that they be visited once every 24 hours.
Summary of provisions
Section 11-1105 of Environmental Conservation law is amended to exempt traps set in water from the requirement of being visited every twenty-four hours.
Justification
Trapping in New York State is not only a pastime for some, but is also a method of animal population control and offers economic benefits to the producers and consumers of food and products from the wild game industry. Throughout New York State, there are fourteen species of furbearing animals. When trapping animals such as mink, beaver, muskrat and otter, water trapping is a method commonly used.
Trappers are bound by many rules and regulations to ensure the safety and security of wildlife populations. These rules are regulated by New York State's Department of Environmental Conservation. Included in the regulations that trappers must abide by are rules governing the checking of traps. In the Southern Zone, all traps must be checked once in each 24 hour period. The Northern Zone provides some leeway, allowing for traps set in water, as well as several other types of traps, to be checked once in each 48 hour period.
The proposed legislation would allow for underwater traps in all areas of New York to be exempt from the requirement that they be visited once in each 24 hour period. This would remove some of the burden placed on trappers when checking their traps, in addition to achieving a consistent regulation throughout the entire state. It would also have little to no impact on the animal or environment, as animals expire within a short period of time during underwater trapping.
Legislative history
This is a new bill.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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