NY Env Conserv L § 11-1911 (2021)
2021 New York Laws ENV - Environmental Conservation Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife Title 19 - Propagation; Shooting Preserves; Farm Fish Ponds; Fishing Preserves 11-1911 - Farm Fish Ponds.

§ 11-1911. Farm fish ponds.1.  "Farm fish pond" means a body of water, impounded by a dam, of not   more than ten acres of water surface when full, lying wholly within  the   boundaries  of  privately owned or leased lands. It does not include any   pond used in connection with any private camp, boarding house, hotel  or   other establishment catering to the public.2. The department may issue to the owner or lessee of a farm fish pond   a license, effective for a period of five years, entitling the holder to   manage  such  fish pond for the production of fish. The department shall   fix the  terms  of  each  such  license  and  may  include  therein  (a)   permission  to  control  undesirable fish, aquatic vegetation and insect   life, interfering with  the  production  of  fish  and  (b)  permission,   notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter to the contrary, to   release,  stock  and propagate fish in the licensed pond. The department   may specify in the license methods of control to be used and the  manner   of taking and type, size and mesh of gear to be used in taking fish. The   department may, for cause, revoke or suspend any license issued pursuant   to this section.3.  No  person shall release any species of fish into a farm fish pond   unless permission to do so is first obtained from the department.4. A licensee, any member of his  immediate  family,  and  any  person   actually  employed  by  him  in  the  cultivation  of  his  farm  or the   management of the licensed pond may without license issued under title 7   of the Fish and Wildlife Law, take fish of any size, in any  number,  at   any time, in any manner permitted by the department.5.  The holder of any type of fishing license, or a person entitled to   exercise the privileges of such a license, may, with the  permission  of   the  licensee,  take fish by angling from the licensed pond provided the   holder complies with the provisions of title 13 of the Fish and Wildlife   Law, with respect to open seasons, minimum size  limits  and  daily  and   seasonal possession limits.6. a. Fish protected by law, except trout, black bass, muskellunge and   landlocked  salmon, legally taken from a licensed farm fish pond, may be   bought and sold  during  their  respective  open  seasons,  and  may  be   possessed  and  transported  at any time. Trout, black bass, muskellunge   and landlocked salmon, legally taken from a licensed farm fish pond  may   be  possessed  and  transported during their respective open seasons and   until March 1 immediately following, but unless such fish were taken  by   a person described in subdivision 4 or are frozen or otherwise processed   and packaged for storage and are being transported to a place of storage   or  consumption,  no person shall transport in any one day a quantity of   such fish exceeding the quantity which may be legally  taken  from  that   farm fish pond by a person described in subdivision 5.b. Fish protected by law shall not be removed from the premises of the   licensee  unless such fish or the package containing them bears the name   and address of the licensee and his license  number  and  the  name  and   address of the person in whose possession they are.c.  Fish not protected by law, legally taken from a licensed farm fish   pond, may be possessed, transported, bought and sold at any time, except   that taking and sale of bait fish shall be permitted only under  license   pursuant to section 11-1315.