NY Env Conserv L § 11-1703 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 17 - Importation and Sale of Fish, Wildlife and Game From Outside the State; Sale of Domestic and Foreign Game and Hatchery Trout; Bird Plumage; T 11-1703 - Importation, Possession and Sale of Fish Without License or Permit; Prohibitions.

§ 11-1703. Importation,  possession  and sale of fish without license orpermit; prohibitions.1. Except as provided in subdivision 3  and  subdivision  4;  (a)  all   species  of  fish  taken  outside  the  state, except trout, black bass,   muskellunge and landlocked salmon other than  Atlantic  salmon,  may  be   imported  and  transported  by  any  means and in any number, and may be   possessed, bought and sold without permit or license,  during  the  open   season;  (b)  Atlantic  salmon  taken outside the state may be imported,   transported, bought and sold at any time.2. Except as provided in subdivision 3 and subdivision 4,  any  person   may,  during  the  closed season, without license or permit, and without   limitation by section 11-1707, transport into the state,  buy,  possess,   transport  and  sell,  lake  sturgeon,  lake trout, whitefish, pickerel,   pike, walleye and striped bass taken  outside  the  state,  provided  he   keeps  a  record  and enters therein the name, residence and post office   address of every person from whom he buys and every person  to  whom  he   sells  or  ships such fish. But this subdivision does not require that a   record be kept of persons to whom such fish are  sold  for  personal  or   home  consumption,  nor  by  persons  who  purchase  in  this  state for   consumption and not for resale. A person required by this subdivision to   keep records shall permit the department or its agents  to  examine  all   books  and  papers  relating  to  such purchase and sale at any time and   shall on demand furnish invoices, freight or express  receipts  used  in   such transactions.3.  a.  No person shall sell, offer for sale or expose for sale, under   the name or designation of Lake Champlain fish, any fish other than fish   that have been taken from the waters of Lake Champlain, its bays,  coves   or  tributaries,  the  Missisquoi  Bay or the Richelieu River. No person   shall wilfully and with intent to deceive, affix, apply or annex, or use   in connection with any fish, or any container of the same, any words  or   other symbols, tending falsely to identify the origin of the contents as   the waters described in this paragraph.b. No person shall possess or transport into the state any fish except   eels  caught  in  that part of Missisquoi Bay in Lake Champlain lying in   the Province of Quebec or in the Richelieu River.4. Fish of the following species taken outside the state shall not  be   bought  or  sold or otherwise trafficked in if they are of less than the   size limits specified in this subdivision or in the sections to which it   refers:a. striped bass, fluke or  summer  flounder,  blue  porgie,  weakfish,   mackerel, sea bass, king fish, cod fish, blackfish, winter flounder, all   as specified in section 13-0339;b.  lake  trout,  pickerel,  Atlantic  sturgeon, Atlantic (landlocked)   salmon, whitefish, northern pike, all as specified in regulations of the   department.5. Fish named in subdivision 4 of less than the size limits specified,   may be imported,  transported  and  possessed  as  provided  in  section   11-1707.6. No person shall import, export, own, possess, acquire or dispose of   live  piranha  fish  (Serrasalmus, Rooseveltiella or Pyrocentrus), grass   carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella) or hybrid grass  carp  within  the  state   without  a  license or permit issued at the discretion of the department   for scientific, biological or exhibition purposes.7. Fish, except those specified in subdivision 6 of this section,  may   be  imported  and transported at any time, for propagation purposes, and   the provisions of section 11-1707 do not apply.