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Senator · Senate District 5
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History
- Substituted by A10115
- Ordered to third reading cal.1645
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Relates to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage the American eel
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Ellen C. Jaffee
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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 the American eel
Purpose of the bill
The purpose of this bill is to extend the authority of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to manage American eel.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS
Section 1 of this bill amends Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) § 13-0339-a(1)(b) to extend, until December 31, 2019, DEC's authority to fix by regulation measures for the management of American eel (Anguilla rostrata). Section 2 of this bill provides that the bill shall take effect immediately.
Justification
DEC's regulatory authority for American eel is necessary in order to preserve the current regulatory program. Failure to extend the existing regulatory authority by December 31, 2016 will result in the loss of regulatory protection for this species.
This bill would extend DEC's regulatory authority for American eel for an additional three years and ensure that DEC continues to comply with the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for American Eel (Anguilla rostrata) adopted by Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission in 1999, and amended in 2013. ECL § 13-0105, which sets forth the marine fisheries conservation and management policy, provides that one of the State's objectives shall be that the management of the State's transboundary and migratory species shall be consistent with any interjurisdictional management plans, interstate or state-federal. New York must have the ability to regulate the taking of American eel in New York waters consistent with the FMP. Moreover, failure to make necessary regulatory changes as may be required by the FMP could result in the closure of New York's American eel fishery.
Prior legislative history
ECL § 13-1339-a was added by Chapter 196 of the Laws of 1999. This authority was last extended by Chapter 160 of the Laws of 2014.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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