What's happening
This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to regulate winter flounder management until December 31, 2020.
Why it matters
Allows New York State to respond more quickly to changing winter flounder populations. by giving the Department of Environmental Conservation continued authority to set fishing limits, seasons, and other management measures without waiting for new legislation.
Ensures New York’s regulations stay in line with federal and multi-state conservation efforts. , helping the state comply with both Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and federal fishery management plans, which is important for avoiding penalties and maintaining federal funding.
Impacts commercial and recreational fishers directly. , as the department can adjust rules on catch size, seasons, and gear used, potentially affecting business operations, fishing opportunities, and conservation outcomes.
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Extend Flounder Management Powers
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History
- Signed chap.213
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to assembly
- Passed senateVote 61–1
- 3rd reading cal.2130
- Substituted for S5746
- Referred to rules
- Delivered to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.261
- Rules report cal.261
- Reported
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- Reported referred to rules
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Extend Winter Flounder Protections
Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Phil Boyle
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STATE OF NEW YORK
8103
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 30, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, ENGLEBRIGHT -- (at request of the Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Section 13-0340-c of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 136 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows: § 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus).
The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [seventeen] twenty, fix by regulation measures for the management of winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus), including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter and provided further that such regulations are consistent with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD09922-01-7
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