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A8277Assembly2017-2018 SessionSame asS5745

Extend Shark Management Authority

Official title

“Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage sharks”

Sponsor Luis R. SepúlvedaAD-87+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 sharks in New York until December 31, 2020.

Why it matters

  1. Maintains oversight of shark populations. By extending the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority, New York can continue to actively manage shark populations, which is crucial for sustaining marine biodiversity and preventing overfishing.

  2. Ensures alignment with regional and federal management. The bill requires that state regulations remain at least as strict as those set by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and federal management plans, helping New York avoid regulatory gaps and maintain consistency with broader conservation efforts.

  3. Supports adaptability in conservation measures. Continued authority means the state can respond quickly to new scientific data or emerging threats by adjusting size limits, catch limits, and other rules—helping to better protect both sharks and the overall health of marine ecosystems.

  4. Affects commercial and recreational fishing interests. The regulations enabled by this extension impact how, when, and where fishers can target sharks, influencing economic opportunities and compliance obligations for those involved in shark fisheries.

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Extend Shark Management Authority

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Sponsors

Primary sponsor
Luis R. Sepúlveda

Assembly Member · Assembly District 87

1 Co-sponsor

History

  1. Signed chap.223
  2. Delivered to governor
  3. Returned to assembly
  4. Passed senateVote 59–3
  5. 3rd reading cal.1960
  6. Substituted for S5745
  7. Referred to rules
  8. Delivered to senate
  9. Passed assembly
  10. Ordered to third reading rules cal.274
  11. Rules report cal.274
  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.

S5745Senate

Extend Shark Management Authority

Senate Floor Calendar · Sponsor Phil Boyle

Impact 3 · Low0% to pass

Full text

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STATE OF NEW YORK

8277

2017-2018 Regular Sessions

IN ASSEMBLY

June 5, 2017

Introduced by M. of A. SEPULVEDA, 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 sharks

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

Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 13-0338 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 137 of the laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:

4. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [seventeen] twenty, fix by regulation measures for the management of sharks, 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.

LBD09940-01-7

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