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- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Relates to inequitable fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state commercial fishermen
In Assembly Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Fred Thiele
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BILL NUMBER:S2930
Title of bill
An act in relation to directing the state attorney general to bring any and all legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services or any other federal or interstate agency challenging existing inequitable fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state commercial fishermen
Purpose
To direct the State Attorney General to commence legal proceedings challenging the State quota allocation system for commercial fisherman.
Summary of provisions
Section 1. Legislative findings
Section 2. Directs the State Attorney General to commence any and all legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services or any other federal or interstate agency that are necessary to overturn said fishing quotas as arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory against residents of the State of New York
Section 3. Sets the effective date.
Justification
State fishing quotas created by the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council and the National Marine fisheries Service are based on old, incomplete and faulty information and data. As a result, New York's fishing quotas for several fish species are much lower than neighboring states, discriminating against New York fisherman. This discriminatory system has resulted in unwarranted economic harm and job losses, especially on Long Island, which is home to New York's biggest fishing ports. This bill would allow the State of New York to commence legal proceedings to challenge this discriminatory fishing quota system.
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Effective date
Immediately.
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