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History
- Signed chap.161
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading cal.736
- Substituted for A9452
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 58–2
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.630
Show 3 earlier actions
- Print number 6983a
- Amend and recommit to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
Companion bill
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Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage weakfish
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Robert Sweeney
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S6983A
Title of bill
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage weakfish
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to extend the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) authority to manage weakfish.
Summary of specific provisions
This bill would extend DEC's authority to fix by regulation management measures for weakfish in State waters until December 31, 2016.
Justification
DEC's regulatory authority over weakfish is necessary in order to preserve the current regulatory program. Failure to extend the existing regulatory authority by December 31, 2014, 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 Section 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 interjurisdictional management plans, interstate or state-federal. Regulatory authority provides the mechanism to react timely to the ever changing fishery management plans.
Prior legislative history
Last extended by Chapter 418 of the Laws of 2011.
Fiscal implications
None to the State.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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