What's happening
This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to regulate crab management in New York until December 31, 2020.
Why it matters
Continued state oversight is critical for protecting crab populations. without this extension, New York would lose its ability to set rules on catch limits, seasons, and gear for crab fisheries, which could lead to overharvesting or ecological imbalance.
The bill ensures New York remains compliant with regional and federal management plans. , meaning the state’s crab regulations will align with science-based conservation strategies developed by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and federal authorities.
The extension helps safeguard local fishing industries and the environment. by maintaining a legal framework for permits, recordkeeping, and restrictions that support both sustainable fisheries and the broader marine ecosystem.
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Extend Crab Management Rules
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Sponsors
1 Co-sponsor
History
- Substituted by A2574
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.78
- 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.
Extend Crab Regulation Authority
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Steven Englebright
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2409
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 24, 2019
Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- 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 fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 13-0331 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as follows:
7. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [eighteen] twenty, fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs of any kind including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.), 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.
LBD07815-01-9
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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 fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to extend the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) crab management practices.
Summary of provisions
This bill would extend for one year, until 2020, the authority of DEC to manage crabs by regulation.
Justification
Crabs have played an important role in New York's fishing history. For exaMple, the horseshoe crab:has sometimes been called a living fossil, having remained relatively unchanged in appearance for 350 million years. Horseshoe crabs are an important part of the ecosystem, serving as a food source for migratory shorebirds, including red knos, funCtion- ing as bait for the taking of whelk and Aterican eel.,411dproviding an important contribution to medicine with a clotting agent in their blood called Limulus Amoebocyte Lysate (LAL) for which t ere is currently no synthetic substitute. This legislation would extend DEC's authority to manage crabs, including horseshoe crabs, for an additional year.
Prior legislative history
This is new legislation.
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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