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
Ensures continued state-level flexibility. By extending the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority, New York can quickly adapt shark management measures in response to changing scientific data, fishing pressures, or conservation needs, rather than waiting for new legislation.
Aligns state policy with broader conservation efforts. The bill mandates that New York’s regulations remain consistent with both regional (Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission) and federal fishery management plans, reinforcing coordinated protection and sustainable management of shark populations.
Provides stability for stakeholders. Fishers, conservationists, and businesses benefit from clear regulatory authority through 2020, which reduces uncertainty and helps with long-term planning in both commercial and recreational fisheries involving sharks.
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Extend Shark Management Authority
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Senator · Senate District 4
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History
- Substituted by A8277
- Ordered to third reading cal.1960
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to environmental conservation
Companion bill
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Extend Shark Management Authority
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Luis R. Sepúlveda
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STATE OF NEW YORK
5745
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 27, 2017
Introduced by Sen. BOYLE -- (at request of the Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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.
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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 sharks
Purpose of the bill
The purpose of this bill is to extend the authority of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to manage sharks.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill would amend Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) § 13-0338(4) to extend, until December 31, 2020, DEC's authority to fix by regulation measures for the management of sharks.
Section 2 of this bill would make it effectively immediately.
Justification
ECL § 13-0105 establishes that the State's marine fisheries conservation and management policy shall be consistent with any inter-jurisdictional, interstate or state-federal management plans. This bill would extend DEC's regulatory authority concerning the management of sharks for an additional three years to ensure that DEC continues to be able to maintain compliance with both the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Atlantic Coastal Sharks and Spiny Dogfish adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and consistency with federal rules and regulations. Failure to make necessary regulatory changes as may be required by the FMPs could result in the closure of New York's shark fisheries.
Prior legislative history
DEC's regulatory authority was last extended by Chapter 137 of the Laws of 2015.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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