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Jan 30, 2015 |
referred to environmental conservation |
Senate Bill S2930
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Environmental Conservation Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S2930 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A4261
- Current Committee:
- Senate Environmental Conservation
- Law Section:
- Environmental Conservation
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
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S3197, A2514
2015-S2930 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2930 TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to directing the state attorney general to bring any and all legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services or any other federal or interstate agency challenging existing inequitable fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state commercial fishermen PURPOSE: To direct the State Attorney General to commence legal proceedings challenging the State quota allocation system for commercial fisherman. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Legislative findings Section 2. Directs the State Attorney General to commence any and all legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services or any other federal or interstate agency that are necessary to overturn said fishing quotas as arbitrary, capricious and discriminatory against residents of the State of New York
2015-S2930 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ S. 2930 A. 4261 2015-2016 Regular Sessions S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y January 30, 2015 ___________ IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, MURRAY, PALUMBO -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation AN ACT in relation to directing the state attorney general to bring any and all legal actions against the National Marine Fisheries Services or any other federal or interstate agency challenging existing inequi- table fishing quotas that discriminate against New York state commer- cial fishermen THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings. The Magnuson-Stevens Act (MSA) was enacted by the United States Congress in 1976 to restrict foreign fish- ing vessels in the United States offshore waters from 3 miles to 200 miles off the shoreline. The MSA also sought to regulate fishing in federal waters by establishing various management tools such as a state by state quota allocation system for commercial fishermen. These state by state quotas created by the Mid-Atlantic Fisheries Management Council and the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Marine Fisheries Service, pursuant to the MSA, are based upon faulty and incomplete collection data, which discriminate against commercial fishermen in the state of New York. As a result of these discriminatory practices, New York's quota for black sea bass, bluefish, scup, and summer flounder are much lower than would be allocated under a fair non-discriminatory system. For example, New York's summer flounder quota was less than half of that allocated to Rhode Island, New Jersey, Virginia, and North Carolina. This discriminatory quota system has resulted in unwarranted economic and job losses. It is the purpose of this act to direct the state attor- EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD07107-01-5
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