S4974-2011 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Relates to the management of bluefish

Relates to the management of bluefish.

Sponsor: JOHNSON / Co-sponsor(s): GRISANTI
Law Section: Environmental Conservation Law / Law: Amd S13-0340, En Con L

S4974-2011 Actions

Jun 6, 2011: SUBSTITUTED BY A6963
May 23, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
May 18, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
May 17, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.697
May 2, 2011: REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

S4974-2011 Meetings

Environmental Conservation: May 17, 2011

S4974-2011 Calendars

Active List: Jun 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 18, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2011

S4974-2011 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Environmental Conservation - May 17, 2011

Ayes (13): Grisanti, Johnson, Little, Marcellino, Maziarz, O'Mara, Young, Avella, Espaillat, Oppenheimer, Perkins, Serrano, Stewart-Cousins
Ayes W/R (1): LaValle

S4974-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4974

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to the
management of bluefish

PURPOSE:
To extend the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC)
authority to manage bluefish.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This bill would extend DEC's authority to fix, by regulation,
management measures for bluefish in State waters until December 31,
2014.

JUSTIFICATION:
DEC's regulatory authority over bluefish is necessary in order to
preserve the current regulatory program. Failure to extend the
existing regulatory authority by December 31,2011 will result in the
loss of regulatory protection of these species. Moreover, regulatory
authority is critical for New York State to maintain compliance with
Fishery Management Plans for Important marine and anadromous fish
species along the coast. Failure to make necessary regulatory changes
required by Fishery Management Plans places New York in jeopardy of
closure of commercial and recreational fisheries. Finally, ECl
13-0340, which sets forth the State's marine fisheries conservation
management policy, provides that this policy shall be carried out
through achievement of certain objectives. One of these objectives is
that the state's transboundary and migratory species shall be
consistent with any inter-jurisdictional management plans, interstate
or state-federal. Regulatory authority provides the mechanism to
react timely to the ever changing fishery management plans.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Last extended by Chapter 152 of the laws of 2007.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4974-2011 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
                                          4974
 2011-2012 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 May 2, 2011
 
 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 bluefish
 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

Section 1.

Section 13-0340 of the environmental conservation  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  152  of  the  laws  of 2007, is amended to read as
 follows:

 

S 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
 The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [eleven]
 FOURTEEN, fix by regulation measures  for  the  management  of  bluefish
 (Pomatomus  saltatrix),  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 transpor
 tation, 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.

S 1800 et seq.).
 

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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S4974-2011: Relates to the management of bluefish