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A8273Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS5712

Extend Herring Protections

Official title

“Relates to management of Atlantic herring”

Sponsor Stacey Pheffer AmatoAD-23+1 co-sponsorAffects Environment & Energy
Status
Signed by Governor
Impact
3/10
Low
Outcome
Signed into law

Bill progress

Signed into law

What's happening

This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to manage Atlantic herring in New York until 2020.

Why it matters

  1. Continued Conservation Efforts. Extending the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority allows for ongoing management of Atlantic herring, which is critical for protecting the species from overfishing and ensuring the health of marine ecosystems.

  2. Support for Local Fisheries. The extension provides regulatory stability for commercial and recreational fisheries that depend on Atlantic herring, helping to balance economic interests with sustainability concerns.

  3. Alignment with Regional Management. By maintaining state-level management authority, New York can better coordinate with regional fishery management plans and adapt to changes in Atlantic herring populations or federal guidelines.

  4. Prevention of Regulatory Gaps. Without this extension, there could be a lapse in management, potentially leading to unregulated harvesting and negative impacts on both the fish population and related industries.

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Extend Herring Protections

Plain English, a few words. Used as the page title.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Stacey Pheffer Amato

Assembly Member · Assembly District 23

Chair, Governmental Employees

1 Co-sponsor

History

  1. Signed chap.219
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 60–2
  5. 3rd reading cal.2129
  6. Substituted for S5712
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading rules cal.272
  11. Rules report cal.272
  12. Reported
Show 2 earlier actions
  1. Reported referred to rules
  2. Referred to environmental conservation

Companion bill

The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.

S5712Senate

Extend Herring Management Authority

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Carl L. Marcellino

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

1 pageUnderlined is new[Struck] is removedOfficial text on nysenate.gov ↗

STATE OF NEW YORK

8273

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

June 5, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, 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 Atlantic herring

The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:

Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 1 of section 13-0339-a of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 138 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

d. Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) until December thirty-first, two thousand [seventeen] twenty,

§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

[ ] is old law to be omitted.

LBD09938-01-7

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