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Part 40: Marine Fish - NYS Dept. of Environmental Conservation
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(Statutory authority: Environmental Conservation Law: §§ 3-0301, 11-0103, 11-0303, 11-0340, 11-1303, 13-0105, 13-0329, 13-0331, 13-0338, 13-0339-a, 13-0340, 13-0340-a, 13-0340-b, 13-0340-c, 13-0340-e, 13-0340-f, 13-0341-13-0343, 13-0343-a, 13-0347, 13-0360, 13-0371)
[This regulation was last amended April 29, 2013.]
40.1 Marine fish-open seasons, size and catch limits.
40.2 Atlantic salmon.
40.3 Fish unintentionally taken.
40.4 Confidentiality of fisheries data.
40.5 Net fishery limits - mesh sizes and gear restrictions.
40.7 Coastal Sharks - open seasons, size and catch limits.
§40.1 Marine fish-open seasons, size and catch limits.
(1) It is unlawful for any person to take or possess on the waters of the marine and coastal district, as defined in Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) section 13-0103, or the shores thereof, or anywhere inland from such shores in the counties of Suffolk, Nassau, Queens, Kings, Richmond, New York, Bronx, and those portions of Westchester County within the marine and coastal district bordering on Long Island Sound, fish of the species listed in Tables A, B or C:
(iii) in excess of the possession limit or trip limit specified for such species, except that where a weekly limit or biweekly limit is specifically authorized by the Department pursuant to subdivision (i) of this section, such fish shall not be taken or possessed in excess of the weekly limit or biweekly limit specified for such species.
(i) Any person who is the holder of a marine commercial food fishing license, food fish landing license, or marine bait permit issued pursuant to section 13-0335 of the Environmental Conservation Law shall complete and submit an accurate fishing Vessel Trip Report for each commercial fishing trip, detailing all fishing activities and all species landed, on a form prescribed by the department. The license holder shall submit such fishing reports monthly to the department within 15 days after the end of each month or at a frequency specified by the department in writing. Fishing Vessel Trip Reports shall be completed, signed, and submitted to the department for each month; if no fishing trips were made during a month, a report must be submitted stating no trips were made for that month. Incomplete fishing Vessel Trip Reports or unsigned reports will not satisfy these reporting requirements. Any New York license holder who is also the holder of a federal fishing permit issued by NOAA Fisheries Service must instead satisfy the reporting requirements specified by NOAA Fisheries Service. If requested in writing by the department, New York license holders who also hold federal fishing permits shall submit to the department the state (blue) copy of the Fishing Vessel Trip Report (NOAA Form No. 88-30) for the month or months identified in the written notification.
(2) Food fish and crustacea dealers and shippers license holders.
(i) Complete and sign an accurate Purchases From Fishing Vessels and/or Fishermen report detailing each purchase of marine food fish, crustacea, horseshoe crabs, and whelks from harvesters, on a form prescribed by the department. The license holder must submit these reports to the department within 3 days after the end of each week, or at a frequency specified by the department in writing. A Purchases From Fishing Vessels and/or Fishermen report shall be completed, signed and submitted to the department each week; if no purchases of food fish, crustacean, horseshoe crabs or whelk were made during that week, a report must be submitted stating no purchases were made for the week. Incomplete Purchases From Fishing Vessels and/or Fishermen reports or unsigned reports will not satisfy these reporting requirements. Any New York license holder who is also the holder of a federal dealers permit issued by NOAA Fisheries Service must instead satisfy the reporting requirements specified by NOAA Fisheries Service.
(6) Failure to file fishing Vessel Trip Reports or Purchases from Fishing Vessels and/or Fishermen reports as required may disqualify the owner or operator from receiving future licenses or permits pursuant to Part 175 of this title. Any person who falsifies any fishing Vessel Trip Report or Purchases from Fishing Vessels and/or Fishermen report shall be subject to the penalties established pursuant to the provisions of Article 71 of Environmental Conservation Law and may be subject to permit revocation pursuant to Part 175 of this Chapter.
(d) Commercial fishing - general provisions.
(1) It is unlawful for the holder of a commercial foodfish license while exercising the privilege of such license to take or have in their possession or on board the same vessel any foodfish in addition to what is allowed by any regulations affecting the commercial fishery.
Licensed Party/Charter Boat anglers 28" TL
All other anglers 28" to 40" TL
>40" TL(Total Length) *
Oct. 5 - Dec.14
Atlantic cod##
No minimum size limit for the first 10 fish; 12" TL for the next 5 fish.
15, no more than 10 of which shall be less than 12" TL.
Scup (porgy) Licensed Party/Charter Boat anglers ****
July 10 - Dec. 31
Anadromous river herring (alewife and blueback herring) as defined in Part 10 of this Title (except the Hudson River and its tributaries and embayments north of the George Washington Bridge at river mile 11)
****See Special Regulations contained in 6 NYCRR 40.1 (h) (3).
(h) Summer flounder and scup recreational fishing - special regulations.
(1) Except as provided in this paragraph or paragraph (2) of this subdivision, no person shall possess summer flounder from which the head or tail has been removed or that has been otherwise cleaned, cut, filleted or skinned, so that the total length or identity cannot be determined. This prohibition shall not apply to fish being prepared for immediate consumption or storage at a domicile or place of residence. White side fillets and skin may be removed for use as bait provided the carcass of the summer flounder with dark side completely intact is retained and available for inspection to determine compliance with the size limit. Any such carcasses count against the possession limit. It is unlawful to discard overboard the carcass of any summer flounder from which a fillet or skin has been removed as bait once fishing has begun.
(3) Party and charter boat license holders must provide each customer who possess more than 20 scup during the period of September 1 through October 31 with a commercially printed, dated orginal fare receipt, bearing the vessel's name and the permit number. The customer of any party/charter boat who lands or possesses more then 20 scup during the period of September 1 through October 31 must possess an original receipt from a licensed party or charter boat.
No more than 100 pounds, per vessel, in the round***, and provided that at least an equal poundage of other foodfish species caught during the same trip is on board the vessel
Pound and Trap nets July 26 - June 14
Fyke nets Oct 1 - Mar 22
All other gear Dec 1 - June 13
No possession allowed except that vessels fishing exclusively in the Federal ocean waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone while operating under a valid federal permit for Atlantic mackerel and/or Atlantic herring, may possess river herring up to a maximum of five percent, by weight, of all species possessed. A person shall not barter, sell, offer for sale, or expose for sale, any river herring so possessed).
* Total length is the longest straight line measurement from the tip of the snout, with the mouth closed, to the longest lobe on the caudal fin (tail), with the lobes squeezed together, laid flat on the measuring device, except that black sea bass are measured from the tip of the snout or jaw (mouth closed) to the farthest extremity of the tail, not including the tail filament.
(j) Striped bass commercial fishing - special regulations.
(1) General Provisions - The total season harvest may not exceed the amount approved for New York by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission pursuant to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Striped Bass. The annual quota shall be adopted by directive issued by the Chief, Bureau of Marine Resources, consistent with the provisions of subdivision (u) of this section.
(i) It is unlawful for any person to take striped bass for commercial purposes without having in possession a valid striped bass commercial permit. The department may permit a one-time reissuance of a striped bass commercial harvesters permit pursuant to the provisions of Environmental Conservation Law subdivision 13-0328(6). Upon reissuance, the former holder of such permit shall waive eligibility for striped bass commercial harvesters permits, and all rights and responsibilities associated with such permit shall pass to the recipient of such reissued permit.
(a) Fishing Vessel Trip Reports - Any person who is a holder of a striped bass commercial permit shall complete and submit an accurate fishing Vessel Trip Report for each commercial fishing trip, detailing all fishing activities and all species landed, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision 40.1 (c) of this part. Fishing Vessel Trip Reports shall be completed, signed, and submitted to the department for each month; if no fishing trips were made for striped bass during a month, a report must be submitted for that month stating no striped bass trips were made. Permit holders who operate federally permitted vessels and take striped bass must complete and submit the state (blue) copy of their Fishing Vessel Trip Report (NOAA Form No. 88-30) to the department for each commercial striped bass trip. Permit holders must submit the last report 5 days after the close of the commercial striped bass season or within 5 days after all striped bass tags are used. Permit holders must submit all required information, including, but not limited to, the name of the vessel, the permit number(s), trip type, all species taken, the striped bass tag serial numbers used for the trip, the weight (in pounds), and number of striped bass taken, the name and signature of the permit holder, and the date signed. All reports must be complete. Incomplete fishing Vessel Trip Reports or unsigned reports will not satisfy these reporting requirements and may be returned to the permit holder who submitted them for completion. Once commercial striped bass permit holders have reported 100 percent use of the individual allocation of tags, they are no longer required to submit reports for striped bass. Permit holders who fail to submit acceptable fishing Vessel Trip Reports to the department may be denied future commercial striped bass fishing permits pursuant to Part 175 of this title.
(b) Striped Bass Tags - All striped bass commercial permit holders must return any unused tags to the department by December 20 of the year the tags were issued. Permit holders who fail to return unused tags may be denied future commercial striped bass fishing permits pursuant to Part 175 of this title. Permit holders who fail to accurately account for all tags may receive a reduction in the number of tags allocated in the next fishing season in which the permit holder applies for a striped bass commercial permit. This reduction in tags will be equal to the number of tags not accounted for in the previous fishing season.
(k) Atlantic sturgeon commercial fishing-special regulations.
(l) Summer flounder (fluke) commercial fishing - special regulations.
(1) The total annual harvest of summer flounder for the period January 1 through December 31, is the amount allocated annually to New York State by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in the United States Department of Commerce and/or the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC).
(4) If the department determines that the maximum allowable harvest of summer flounder for any time period established pursuant to paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subdivision will have been reached before the end of that period, harvesting for commercial purposes and possession of summer flounder shall be prohibited for all permit holders in except as permitted in paragraph 5 below.
(5) If the Department closes the summer flounder fishery at any time between May 1 and October 31, the harvesting and possession of summer flounder for commercial purposes shall be prohibited for all permit holders except for holders of fixed gear category summer flounder permits. Fixed gear category permit holders may harvest up to a limit of 100 pounds per trip during harvest closures that occur between May 1 and October 31.
(11) Permits issued under this subdivision will be nontransferable except the department may permit a one-time re-issuance of a summer flounder commercial harvesters permit pursuant to the provisions of Environmental Conservation Law subdivision 13-0328(6). Upon re-issuance, the former holder of such permit will waive eligibility for summer flounder commercial harvesters permits and all rights and responsibilities associated with such permit shall pass to the recipient of such reissued permit. Summer flounder Commercial Permits will expire on the last day of December of each year.
(m) Bluefish commercial fishing - special regulations.
(1) The total annual harvest of bluefish may not exceed that amount annually allocated to New York State by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in the United States Department of Commerce and/or the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) for the period January 1 through December 31.
(n) Winter Flounder commercial fishing - special regulations.
(o) Tautog commercial fishing- special regulations.
(p) American eel commercial fishing- special regulations.
(1) It shall be unlawful to use eel traps or pots in the waters of the marine and coastal district for commercial purposes with mesh sizes smaller than one inch by one-half inch unless such pots contain an escape panel that is at least four inches square with a mesh size of one inch by one-half inch located so that the panel is on a side, but not at the bottom of the trap or pots.
(q) Weakfish commercial fishing - special regulations.
(1) Except as provided in (2) below weakfish may only be sold, traded, bartered, offered for sale or transported in New York during the open season, or within two weeks following the close of the season.
(r) Scup commercial fishing - special regulations.
(1) The total annual harvest of scup may not exceed that amount annually allocated to New York State by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in the U.S. Department of Commerce and/or the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission for the period May 1 through October 31. Harvest limits for scup are based on the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for scup as adopted and approved by the Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and the Regional Fishery Management Council pursuant to the Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C., section 1801, et. seq. and the Atlantic Coastal Fisheries Cooperative Management Act, 16 U.S.C., section 5101, et. seq.
(s) Black Sea Bass commercial fishing - special regulations.
(1) Permits. It is unlawful for any person to take or land black sea bass for commercial purposes without having in possession a valid New York State Resident or Non-Resident Commercial Food Fish license. For purposes of this subdivision, a person is presumed to be taking black sea bass for commercial purposes when that person possesses more black sea bass than the possession limit indicated in Table A of this section.
(1) Application for a Marine and Coastal District Party and Charter Boat License pursuant to ECL section 13-0336 may be made by fully completing an application form provided by the department for that purpose. An application shall be accompanied by the appropriate license fee as specified in ECL section 13-0336. A license will be issued to the applicant subject to the following conditions:
(v) Spiny dogfish commercial fishing- special regulations.
(4) If the department closes the period, but unanticipated events result in the quota not being landed by the projected date , then the department may reopen the period for a specified time and a specified trip limit up to the maximum allowed for that period upon 72 hours written notice to license holders.
(5) Fourteen days following the beginning of any period when commercial harvesting is prohibited, it shall be unlawful to possess spiny dogfish, or offer spiny dogfish for sale, trade or barter except as permitted in subdivision 40.1 (e) of this Part.
§40.2 Atlantic salmon.
§40.3 Fish unintentionally taken.
Any fish unintentionally taken in violation of this Part must be immediately returned to the water without unnecessary injury.
§40.4 Confidentiality of fisheries data.
§40.5 Net fishery limits - mesh sizes and gear restrictions.
(1) Only nets with cod ends having a minimum mesh size of at least five and one half inches diamond, or six inches square, inside measure, may be used in a directed trawl fishery for summer flounder. Effective upon adoption of equivalent federal regulations applicable to nets used to take summer flounder in the United States Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), only nets having a minimum mesh size of at least five and one half inches diamond, or six inches square, inside measure, in the body, extension(s) and cod end portion of the net may be used in a directed trawl fishery for summer flounder. Diamond mesh nets may have codends using square mesh, provided that the size for such mesh is at least six inches square. Any trawl vessel that has on board more than 100 pounds of summer flounder between May 1st and October 31st or more than 200 pounds of summer flounder between November 1st and April 30th will be presumed to be engaged in a directed fishery for summer flounder.
(1) Only nets with cod ends having a minimum mesh size of at least six and one half inches diamond, or six and one half inches square mesh, inside measure, may be used in a directed trawl fishery for winter flounder. Diamond mesh nets may have cod ends using square mesh, provided that the minimum size for such mesh is at least six and one half inches square. Any trawl vessel that has on board more than 100 pounds of winter flounder will be presumed to be engaged in a directed fishery for winter flounder.
(1) Gill nets. Only gill nets having a minimum mesh size of at least 6 inches stretched mesh to a maximum of 8 inches stretched mesh, inside measure, throughout the net, may be used in the directed fishery for striped bass.
(1) Trawls - Only nets that have a minimum mesh size of at least five inches diamond, inside measure, for at least 75 continuous meshes forward of the terminus of the cod end, may be used in a directed trawl fishery for scup. For nets with cod ends (including an extension) less than 125 meshes, the entire trawl net shall have a minimum mesh size of five inches throughout the net. Any trawl vessel that has on board more than the threshold amount established by the department within the periods of January 1 to April 30, May 1 to October 30 and November 1 to December 31 consistent with those established through the FMP by NMFS, will be presumed to be engaged in a directed fishery for scup.
(1) Only nets with codends having a minimum mesh size of at least four and one-half inches diamond, inside measure, may be used in a directed trawl fishery for black sea bass. Any trawl vessel that has on board more than the threshold amount established by the department consistent with those established through the FMP by NMFS will be presumed to be engaged in a directed fishery for sea bass.
§40.6 Fish Pots or Traps.
1 3/8" x 5 ¾"
1 1/8" x 5 ¾"
§40.7 Coastal Sharks - open seasons, size and catch limits.
(a) "Purpose of this section." It is the intent of this section to promote the prudent management of coastal sharks that are landed in the State of New York. The provisions of this section shall define which sharks may be taken for commercial and recreational purposes and which sharks are prohibited from harvest. Size limits, possession limits, manner of taking and landing, gear restrictions open and closed seasons will also be specified in this section. The provisions in this section are designed to promote healthy self-sustaining populations of coastal sharks and provide for the sustainable use of the shark resource for the benefit of the residents of the State of New York.
(b) "Definitions." For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) "Circle hook" means a fishing hook originally designed and manufactured so that the point is turned perpendicularly back to the shank to form a generally circular, or oval, shape.
(2) "Eviscerate" means to remove the alimentary organs of a shark without removing the head.
(3) "Finning" means the removal of a fin or fins, other than the caudal fin, and not retaining the remainder of the shark's carcass (as specified in Environmental Conservational Law (ECL) 13-0338(1)(b)).
(4) "Fork length" means that length measured in a straight line from the tip of the nose snout of the shark to the end of the middle caudal fin to the center of the fork of the tail of the shark.
(5) "Handline" means a main line to which not more than two gangions or hooks are attached. A handline is not retrieved by mechanical means and must be attached to, or in contact, with the vessel.
(6) "Land" or "landed" means the bringing of fish to shore or the transfer of the catch of fish taken from a vessel to any other vessel or in-water storage facility or to the land or to any pier, wharf, dock or other similar structure. When a vessel bearing fish has been tied, moored, or made fast to the land, to another vessel, to an in-water storage facility or to any pier, wharf, dock or similar structure, such fish shall be deemed as landed.
(7) "Large mesh gillnet" means a gillnet having a stretched mesh size equal to or greater than five inches.
(8) "Recreational angler" means any person engaged in fishing for sharks for personal use.
(9) "Shore angler" means any person engaged in any type of fishing that does not take place aboard a vessel.
(10) "Shortline" means a fishing line having 50 or fewer hooks and measuring less than 500 yards in total length.
(11) "Small mesh gillnet" means a gillnet having a stretched mesh size less than five inches.
(12) "Vessel" means every type of watercraft used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water except non-displacement craft and seaplanes.
(13) "Vessel fishing" means any fishing conducted from a vessel.
(c) "Recreational fishing."
(1) It shall be unlawful for any recreational angler to take, or to possess on the waters of the marine and coastal district, as defined in ECL section 13-0103, or the shores thereof, or anywhere inland from such shores, any shark species other than the following: Atlantic sharpnose ("Rhizoprionodon terraenovae"); blacknose ("Carcharhinus acronotus"); blacktip ("Carcharhinus limbatus"); blue ("Prionace glauca"); bonnethead ("Sphyrna tiburo"); bull ("Carcharhinus leucas"); common thresher ("Alopias vulpinus"); finetooth ("Carcharhinus isodon"); great hammerhead ("Sphyrna mokarran"); scalloped hammerhead ("Sphyrna lewini"); smooth hammerhead ("Sphyrna zygaena"); lemon ("Negaprion brevirostris"); nurse ("Ginglymostoma cirratum"); oceanic whitetip ("Carcharhinus longimanus"); porbeagle ("Lamna nasus"); shortfin mako ("Isurus oxyrinchus"); smooth dogfish ("Mustelus canis"); spiny dogfish ("Squalus acanthias"); spinner ("Carcharhinus brevipinna"); and tiger ("Galeocerdo cuvier").
(2) The minimum size limit for the shark species listed in (c)(1) shall be 54 inches fork length, except that there shall be no minimum size limit for Atlantic sharpnose, finetooth, blacknose, bonnethead, smooth dogfish and spiny dogfish.
(i) Shore anglers shall take or possess no more than one shark, regardless of species, from the list in (c)(1), except that
("a") one additional Atlantic sharpnose may be taken and possessed; and
("b") one additional bonnethead may be taken and possessed; and
("c") there shall be no limit to the number of spiny dogfish and smooth dogfish that can be taken or possessed.
(ii) Recreational anglers fishing from a vessel shall take or possess no more than one shark, regardless of species, from the list in (c)(1) per vessel, except that
("a") one additional Atlantic sharpnose may be taken and possessed per angler; and
("b") one additional bonnethead may be taken and possessed per angler; and
("c") there shall be no limit to the number of spiny dogfish and smooth dogfish that can be taken or possessed per angler.
(7) When aboard a vessel, a recreational angler is bound by the more restrictive vessel fishing limits described in (6)(ii) above, regardless of where the shark was caught.
(8) A shark that is transported aboard a vessel is considered as though caught by an angler on that vessel and is regulated under the more restrictive vessel fishing limits described in (6)(ii) above, regardless of where the shark was caught.
(d) "Commercial fishing."
(1) The commercial fishery for spiny dogfish is regulated under Part 40.1 of this Subchapter and is not regulated under this part.
(3) The commercial fishing year for sharks shall begin on January 1 and end on December 31. All annual specifications begin on January 1 of each fishing year.
(i) Prohibited species: Atlantic angel ("Squatina dumeril"); basking shark ("Cetorhinus maximus"); bigeye sand tiger shark ("Odontaspis noronhai"); bigeye thresher shark ("Alopias superciliosus"); bignose shark ("Carcharhinus altimus"); Carribean sharpnose shark ("Rhizoprionodon porosus"); dusky shark ("Carcharhinus obscurus"); Galapagos shark ("Carcharhinus galapagensis"); longfin mako shark ("Isurus paucus"); narrowtooth shark ("Carcharhinus brachyurus"); night shark ("Carcharhinus signatus"); reef shark ("Carcharhinus perezii"); sand tiger shark ("Carcharias taurus"); sharpnose sevengill shark ("Heptrachias perlo")
bigeye sixgill shark ("Hexanchus nakamurai"); bluntnose sixgill shark ("Hexanchus griseus")
smalltail shark ("Carcharhinus porosus"); whale shark ("Rhincodon typus"); white shark ("Carcharodon carcharias");
(ii) Research species: sandbar ("Carcharhinus plumbeus");
(iii) Smooth dogfish: smooth dogfish ("Mustelus canis");
(iv) Small coastal species: Atlantic sharpnose shark ("Rhizoprionodon terraenovae"); blacknose shark ("Carcharhinus acronotus"); bonnethead shark ("Sphyrna tiburo"); finetooth shark ("Carcharhinus isodon");
(v) Pelagic species: blue shark ("Prionace glauca"); common thresher shark ("Alopias vulpinus"); oceanic whitetip shark ("Carcharhinus longimanus"); porbeagle shark ("Lamna nasus"); shortfin mako shark ("Isurus oxyrinchus"); and
(vi) Non-sandbar large coastal species: great hammerhead shark ("Sphyrna mokarran"); scalloped hammerhead shark ("Sphyrna lewini"); smooth hammerhead shark "Sphyrna zygaena"); lemon shark ("Negaprion brevirostris"); nurse shark ("Ginglymostoma cirratum"); silky shark ("Carcharhinus falciformis"); spinner shark ("Carcharhinus brevipinna"); tiger shark ("Galeocerdo cuvier").
(6) No person shall take, possess or land any shark species listed in (4)(i) and (4)(ii) of this Part without first obtaining and possessing a valid special license in accordance with Part 175.
(7) There is no possession limit for sharks listed in (4)(iii), (4)(iv) and (4)(v) of this Part.
(8) No person shall take possess or land more than thirty-three sharks, regardless of species, listed in (4)(vi) of this Part, in any 24-hour period.
(12) Quotas, trip limits and directed fishery thresholds may be set by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Spiny Dogfish & Coast Sharks Management Board (Sharks Board) for the smooth dogfish, small coastal, non-sandbar large coastal and pelagic species groups for each commercial fishing year. The department will establish trip limits and directed fishery thresholds within the fishing year consistent with those established by the Sharks Board. Such trip limits and thresholds will be enforceable upon 72 hours notice to license holders of the vessel trip limit allowed.
(13) If the department determines that the maximum allowable harvest of sharks covered by (12) has been taken or is projected to be taken before the end of the fishing year, the department may prohibit the take and possession of a shark species for commercial purposes upon 72 hours notice to license holders.
(14) If the department closes a fishery, but determines that the quota will not be harvested by the projected date, then the department may reopen the fishery for a specified time at a specified trip limit up to the maximum allowed upon 72 hours notice to license holders.
(15) No person shall take, possess or land sharks listed in (4) for commercial purposes when the federal commercial fishery for that species is closed.