What's happening
This bill extends the Department of Environmental Conservation's authority to manage hickory shad until December 31, 2022.
Why it matters
Ensures continued oversight of hickory shad populations. by extending the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) management authority, the bill helps maintain conservation measures for this species, which may be important for ecological balance and local fisheries.
Prevents regulatory gaps. without this extension, there could be a lapse in the DEC’s ability to set or enforce rules related to hickory shad, potentially leading to overfishing or mismanagement.
Supports data collection and adaptive management. giving the DEC more time to manage hickory shad allows for ongoing research and potential adjustments to management strategies, which is important for informed, science-based policy decisions.
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Extend Hickory Shad Protections
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Senator · Senate District 8
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History
- Signed chap.237
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.225
- Substituted for A8055
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 60–1
- Ordered to third reading cal.1275
- Referred to rules
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Extend Hickory Shad Protections
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Taylor Darling
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STATE OF NEW YORK
6393
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 7, 2019
Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- (at request of the Department of Environmental Conservation) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage hickory shad
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Paragraph i of subdivision 1 of section 13-0339-a of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 202 of the laws of 2016, is amended to read as follows:
i. hickory shad (Alosa mediocris) until December thirty-first, two thousand [nineteen] twenty-two.
§ 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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Sponsor's memo
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 hickory shad
Purpose of the bill
The purpose of this bill is to extend the authority of the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to manage hickory shad.
Summary of provisions
Section 1 of this bill amends Environmental Conservation Law (ECL)
§ 13-0339-a(1)(i) to extend, until December 31, 2022, DEC's authority to fix by regulation measures for the management of hickory shad .
(Alosa mediocris).
Section 2 of this bill provides that the bill shall take effect imme- diately.
Statement in support
DEC's regulatory authority for hickory shad is necessary in order to preserve the current regulatory program. Failure to extend the existing regulatory authority by December 31, 2019 will result in the loss of regulatory protection for this species.
This bill would extend DEC's regulatory authority for hickory shad for an additional three years, and ensure that DEC continues to maintain compliance with the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Shad and River Herring adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). ECL § 13- 0105, which sets forth the marine fisheries conserva- tion and management policy, provides that one of the State's objectives shall be the management of the State's transboundary and migratory species consistent with any interjurisdictional management plans, inter- state or state-federal. Moreover, failure to make necessary regulatory changes as may be required by the Fishery Management Plan could result in the closure of New York's hickory shad fishery.
Prior legislative history
ECL § 13-1339-a was added by Chapter 196 of the Laws of 1999. This authority was last extended by Chapter 202 of the Laws of 2016.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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