2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 71 - Enforcement › Title 9 - Enforcement of Articles 11 and 13--the Fish and Wildlife Law › 71-0923 - Violations.

§ 71-0923. Violations.
1.  Any  offense  specified in section 71-0919 of this article, unless
  made a misdemeanor  by  section  71-0921  of  this  article  or  another
  provision  of  such chapter, shall be a violation, punishable, except as
  otherwise provided in this section, by imprisonment for  not  more  than
  fifteen  days,  or by a fine of not more than two hundred fifty dollars,
  or by both such fine and imprisonment.
2. A violation of subdivision 1 of section  11-0705  of  this  chapter
  shall be punishable as follows:
a.  As  provided  in  subdivision  1 of this section, if the violation
  consisted  of  a  refusal  to  exhibit  a  license  on  demand  of   any
  environmental conservation officer or other person;
b.  By  forfeiture  of  the  license  and  by  a fine of not more than
  twenty-five dollars if the violation was committed while exercising  the
  privileges of a special antlerless deer license and consisted of failure
  of  the  offender  to have on his person a license held by him entitling
  him to exercise those privileges.
3. A violation of subdivision 2 of section  11-0705  of  this  chapter
  shall  be  punishable by forfeiture of licenses and tags issued pursuant
  to this chapter which authorizes the holder to hunt wildlife  and  by  a
  fine of not more than twenty-five dollars.
4.  When  a  license  or  license tag is forfeited as provided in this
  section,  the  licensee  shall  surrender  it   to   any   environmental
  conservation  officer,  special  game  protector  or  any  other  person
  authorized by the department to receive it.  Such  forfeiture  does  not
  prevent the procurement of another license.
5.  A violation of subdivision one of section 11-0923 is punishable by
  imprisonment for not more than ten days, or by a fine of not  less  than
  two hundred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
6.  A first conviction for a violation of subdivision eight of section
  13-0309 of this chapter,  involving  devices  for  taking  shellfish  in
  uncertified  lands, or a violation of subdivision ten of section 13-0309
  of this chapter, involving  possession  of  a  stick  dredge,  shall  be
  punishable as a violation under this section.
8.  Any  violation  of  sections  13-0329,  13-0330, 13-0331, 13-0333,
  13-0334, 13-0335, subdivision one of section 13-0337, 13-0338,  13-0339,
  13-0339-a,  13-0340,  13-0340-a  through  13-0340-g,  13-0341,  13-0342,
  13-0343, 13-0347, and 13-0349 of this  chapter,  or  of  any  regulation
  adopted  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  sections,  shall be punishable by
  imprisonment of not more than fifteen days or by a fine of  the  greater
  of two hundred fifty dollars or:
a.   for   violations   involving  one  to  five  fish,  shellfish  or
  crustaceans, twenty-five dollars for each fish, shellfish or  crustacean
  taken or possessed in violation of the above sections;
b.  for  violations  involving  six  to twenty-five fish, shellfish or
  crustaceans, fifty dollars for each fish, shellfish or crustacean  taken
  or possessed in violation of the above sections;
c.  for  violations involving more than twenty-five fish, shellfish or
  crustaceans, one hundred dollars for each fish, shellfish or  crustacean
  taken  or  possessed in violation of the above sections; or by both such
  fine and imprisonment.
For purposes of determining  the  applicable  fine  pursuant  to  this
  subdivision,  the  number of fish, crustaceans or shellfish shall be the
  aggregate number involved in the violation, regardless of species.
9. A violation of section 11-0110 of this  chapter  is  punishable  by
  imprisonment  for  not more than ten days, or by a fine of not more than
  two hundred fifty dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
10. A violation of subdivision  twelve  of  section  11-1101  of  this
  chapter is punishable by imprisonment of not more than ten days, or by a
  fine  of  not  more  than  one hundred dollars, or by both such fine and
  imprisonment.
11.  A  violation  of  subdivision  eight  of  section 11-0505 of this
  chapter shall be punishable by a fine of not more than fifty dollars.
12. A violation of section 11-1906 of this chapter shall be punishable
  by a fine of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars.