Bill Text: NY S04972 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the management of fluke-summer flounder.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-06 - SUBSTITUTED BY A6949 [S04972 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04972-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4972
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2011
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       Introduced by Sens. JOHNSON, GRISANTI -- 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  the
         management of fluke-summer flounder
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.  Section 13-0340-b of the environmental  conservation  law,
    2  as  amended  by  chapter  152 of the laws of 2007, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4  S 13-0340-b. Fluke - summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus).
    5    The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [eleven]
    6  FIFTEEN, fix by regulation measures  for  the  management  of  fluke  or
    7  summer  flounder  (Paralichthys  dentatus), including size limits, catch
    8  and  possession  limits,  open  and  closed   seasons,   closed   areas,
    9  restrictions  on  the  manner  of  taking  and landing, requirements for
   10  permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping  requirements,  require-
   11  ments  on  the  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and require-
   12  ments relating to transportation, possession  and  sale,  provided  that
   13  such  regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in
   14  this chapter and provided further that such regulations  are  consistent
   15  with  the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management plans
   16  adopted by the Atlantic States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and  with
   17  applicable  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to
   18  the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. S 1800 et
   19  seq.).
   20    S 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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