2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 13 - Fishing › 11-1321 - Other Prohibited Acts.

§ 11-1321. Other prohibited acts.
1.  No  person  shall  take  fish  (a)  by use of explosives or (b) by
  shutting or drawing off water.
2. Explosives shall not be used or possessed in or on  the  waters  of
  the  state  or shores or islands thereof except for mining or mechanical
  purposes. Possession of explosives in such places by any person shall be
  presumptive evidence of violation of this subdivision.
3. Bass, walleye, trout, lake trout and salmon shall not be  disturbed
  on  spawning beds in the closed season, nor shall their spawn or milt be
  taken from spawning beds at any time.
4. Any noise or disturbance of waters or  the  banks  thereof  by  any
  means  with  intent to drive fish into a net, which practice is commonly
  known as thumping, is prohibited unless expressly permitted in the terms
  of a license or permit issued by the department.
5. No person owning, leasing, operating or maintaining a  dam  holding
  back water which such person knows or has reason to know is inhabited by
  fish  shall  draw off such water in such quantities as to cause directly
  the loss of a substantial number of fish within the impoundment, if such
  person knows or has reason to know that such loss is  likely  to  occur,
  without the written permission of the department. The provisions of this
  subdivision shall not apply, (a) to the federal government or any agency
  or  subdivision  thereof,  (b) to any hydropower project licensed by the
  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission pursuant to the Federal  Power  Act
  (16  U.S.C.  791a  et  seq.),  (c) in the event of an emergency, such as
  fire, flood, storm, drought, and the like, where the drawing off of such
  impounded water is required for public safety or public health,  (d)  to
  any  artificial  or  man-made  body  of  water  lying  wholly within the
  boundaries of privately owned or leased lands and  operated  as  a  farm
  pond,  licensed  farm  fish  pond,  licensed  fishing  preserve water or
  licensed private trout or bass hatchery, or (e) to  any  city  having  a
  population of one million or more.
6.  No  person taking or assisting in the taking of fish in other than
  the marine and coastal district, as described in section 13-0103 of this
  chapter shall discard any fish carcass or parts thereof into the  waters
  of  this  state  or  upon  any public lands contiguous to and within one
  hundred feet of such waters or upon any private lands contiguous to  and
  within  one  hundred  feet of such waters unless such lands are owned by
  such person or unless such person enters or remains with the  permission
  of the owner of record or his representative or agent. The provisions of
  this section shall not be deemed to prohibit: the return to the water of
  live  fish  or  fish  required  to  be returned to the water pursuant to
  section 11-1301 or 11-1303 of this  chapter  or  rules  and  regulations
  promulgated  pursuant thereto; the use of fish or parts thereof as bait;
  the discarding of fish carcasses or parts thereof into waters not within
  one hundred feet of any shore; the proper disposal of fish carcasses  or
  parts  thereof  into suitable garbage or refuse collection systems or by
  burial; or the incidental cleaning of fish for consumption  except  that
  no  wastes  resulting  from  such cleaning of fish may be disposed of in
  waters or lands contiguous to and within one hundred feet of any  public
  boat  launching  sites  or public docking facilities or on such sites or
  facilities except by proper disposal into  suitable  garbage  or  refuse
  collection systems or by burial.
7.  Spears,  spear  guns and underwater guns shall not be possessed by
  any person on any body of water within the Adirondack park boundary  nor
  within a distance of two hundred feet of the high water mark of any body
  of water within the Adirondack park boundary at any time when the use of
  spears  in  the  taking  of  fish  from  such  body  of water within the
  Adirondack park boundary is not permitted by law or  regulation  of  the

  department;  except  that nothing contained herein shall be construed to
  prevent the possession of spears in any dwelling or building within  two
  hundred feet of the high water mark of such body of water.
8.  Spears, spear guns, underwater guns, and snatch hooks shall not be
  possessed by any person on Lake George nor  within  a  distance  of  two
  hundred  feet  of the high water mark of such lake, except in a dwelling
  or building, at any time when the use of such devices in the  taking  of
  fish  in  such  lake  is  not  permitted  by  law  or  regulation of the
  department.
9. Pacific  salmon  shall  not  be  taken  by  hooking,  snatching  or
  snagging.  Pacific  salmon taken by hooking, snatching or snagging shall
  not be possessed, transported or otherwise trafficked in.