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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 13 - Fishing › 11-1301 - General Provisions.

§ 11-1301. General provisions.
1.  Except  as specifically provided in this article or in article 13,
  or any regulation adopted pursuant thereto:
a. No fish, other than migratory food fish of the sea  in  the  marine
  and coastal district, shall be taken except by angling.
b.  Fish  named  by  regulation adopted pursuant to section 11-1303 of
  this title shall be taken only during the open seasons specified in such
  order and only if they are within the minimum size limits established by
  such regulation.
* c. Except as otherwise prohibited by law, fish may be taken by spear
  or speargun in the marine and coastal  district  only  for  recreational
  purposes. A speargun must be submerged when used to take fish. Provided,
  however,  that no food fish may be taken by spear or speargun within one
  hundred yards of a public bathing area.
* NB Repealed June 1, 2026
2. Except when taken pursuant to section 11-0515 or  11-0517  of  this
  article,  or  when  taken in nets as provided by title 15 or article 13,
  fish named by regulation adopted pursuant to  section  11-1303  of  this
  title shall not be taken in excess of the daily or seasonal catch limits
  established by such regulation.
3.  Fish  shall not be taken contrary to the restrictions contained in
  any regulation of the department, made pursuant to any provision of  the
  Fish  and  Wildlife  Law,  closing  waters  to  the  taking  of fish, or
  restricting the use of nets or other devices, or  fixing  seasons,  size
  limits  or  daily or seasonal catch limits, or otherwise restricting the
  taking of fish.
4. Fish unintentionally taken contrary to any provision  of  the  Fish
  and  Wildlife  Law  or regulation of the department shall be returned to
  the water at once without unnecessary injury.
5. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of the Fish and Wildlife
  Law, the department may adopt regulations for catch and release  fishing
  in all waters of the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 13 - Fishing › 11-1303 - Open Seasons, Size and Catch Limits and Manner of Taking Fish Fixed by Regulation.

§ 11-1303. Open seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking fish
fixed by regulation.
Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of this chapter, the department
  may, until December  thirty-first,  two  thousand  twenty-five,  fix  by
  regulation  open  seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking of
  all species of fish in all waters of the state, except marine fish named
  in subdivisions 2 and 3 of section 13-0339 of this chapter and except to
  the extent that such open seasons, size and catch limits and  manner  of
  taking  are  otherwise  specifically  provided for in article 13 of this
  chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 13 - Fishing › 11-1305 - Size and Catch Limits.

§ 11-1305. Size and catch limits.
The  department  may  promulgate regulations restricting possession on
  the waters of the state, except the  marine  and  coastal  district,  of
  fish, except bait fish named in section 11-1315 of this title, that have
  been  cleaned, filleted or skinned in such a manner that (a) the species
  of fish taken cannot be identified, (b) the number of fish taken  cannot
  be  determined,  or  (c) the length of fish taken cannot be ascertained.
  Such regulations shall initially provide that walleye, largemouth  bass,
  smallmouth  bass,  brook trout and lake trout may not be so possessed if
  they have been dismembered, filleted or otherwise prepared  for  cooking
  or  consumption  beyond  removal of the gills and viscera and that other
  species of fish may not be so possessed if they have been dismembered or
  otherwise prepared for cooking or consumption, except that the gills and
  viscera may be removed and such fish may be filleted, provided the  skin
  is not removed from the fillet.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 13 - Fishing › 11-1311 - Fishing in Waters Impounded by Dams Constructed for Power Purposes.

§ 11-1311. Fishing  in  waters  impounded  by dams constructed for power
purposes.
The waters impounded  by  any  dam  hereafter  constructed  for  power
  purposes  on  any  stream or waterway in the state, and impressed with a
  public interest pursuant to section 15-1713 of this  chapter,  shall  be
  open  to the public to fish thereon, when authorized by other applicable
  provisions of this chapter, subject  to  the  following  conditions  and
  limitations:
a.  Such  fishing  must  be  conducted  in  accordance  with rules and
  regulations  of  the  commissioner  in  agreement   with   the   person,
  association or corporation proposing to construct the dam.
b.  Such  rules and regulations must provide, among other things, that
  fishing upon any such waters shall be conducted in such a manner as  not
  to  interfere  injuriously with the operation and maintenance of the dam
  or of any manufacturing plant operated by power generated therefrom.
c. Damages sustained by  a  person  while  fishing  or  in  connection
  therewith  shall  not constitute a claim either against the state or the
  person, association or corporation owning the dam or his or  its  lessee
  or other assignee in interest.
d.  The  commissioner,  of his own motion or upon application, after a
  public hearing held  pursuant  to  notice,  shall  have  power,  in  his
  discretion,  to  exempt  from the provisions of this section, the waters
  impounded by any dam hereafter constructed for power purposes. Notice of
  such a hearing shall be posted at least ten days before the  hearing  in
  five  conspicuous  places  in  the  locality  where  the  dam  is  to be
  constructed.
e. Rules and regulations of the commissioner, so far  as  practicable,
  shall be uniform, but may vary in different localities of the state.
f.   Warning notices or signboards not less than one foot square shall
  be conspicuously posted not more than forty  rods  apart  close  to  and
  along  the  entire  boundary  of  such impounded waters. Posting of such
  notices shall be sufficient provided that illegal and destroyed signs be
  replaced once a year  during  the  months  of  March,  July,  August  or
  September.  Warning  notices  shall  contain  such  information  as  the
  commissioner by rule or regulation may prescribe.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 13 - Fishing › 11-1316 - Use of Fish as Bait.

§ 11-1316. Use of fish as bait.
1.  The  department may, by regulation designating the waters in which
  such use is not permitted, prohibit the use of minnows or other  species
  of fish as bait in the lakes or ponds and tributaries thereto in which:
a.  trout  are  the  predominant  protected  species of fish and which
  lakes, ponds or tributaries are not infested with yellow perch; or
b. fish have been eradicated by chemical treatment and in which  trout
  or  other  game fish have been restocked. The list of the water to which
  this section shall be applicable  shall  be  published  in  the  fishing
  guide.
2.  No  person shall possess any species of fish either dead or alive,
  in or on waters where the use of fish  as  bait  is  prohibited,  except
  species  actually  present in such waters naturally or by stocking or as
  permitted by the department by order.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 13 - Fishing › 11-1317 - Fish-Bait; Protection of Aquatic Insects.

§ 11-1317. Fish-bait; protection of aquatic insects.
1. No aquatic insect nor any insect that lives in the water during any
  of  its  life  stages  shall be taken from waters inhabited by trout nor
  from the banks thereof at any time.
2. No person shall take from the waters of  the  state  or  the  banks
  thereof  for  sale  as  bait, and no person shall sell as bait, any such
  insect, without first obtaining from the department a  license  to  take
  such insects for sale as bait or to sell such insects as bait.
3.  The  license provided for in subdivision 2 shall be issued only in
  the discretion of the department. Licenses to  take  for  sale  as  bait
  insects  described  in this section shall be issued only to residents of
  this state and to residents of a state in which residents of this  state
  may  be licensed, or are permitted without license, to take such insects
  for sale as bait.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 15 - Commercial Inland Fisheries › 11-1501 - Application of Title.

§ 11-1501. Application of title.
1.  This title 15 of the Fish and Wildlife Law and regulations adopted
  pursuant hereto do not apply to (a) the taking of  fish  by  angling  as
  permitted  in title 13; (b) the taking of fish or the use of nets in the
  marine and coastal district as defined in section 13-0103, or in a trout
  or black bass hatchery operated under  permit  from  the  department  as
  provided in section 11-1909, or in a farm fish pond licensed as provided
  in  section  11-1911  or  in  a fishing preserve licensed as provided in
  section 11-1913; (c) the sale or taking for sale of bait fish  named  in
  section 11-1315.
2.  This  title  15  and  regulations  adopted  pursuant hereto do not
  restrict the use of landing nets in completing the catch of  fish  taken
  by hook and line, or limit the provisions of section 11-1315 authorizing
  use  of  nets  and  traps for taking bait fish, or of regulations of the
  department authorizing use of eel weirs and eel pots. It does not  limit
  the provisions of section 11-0517, or the terms of any permit or license
  issued by the department pursuant to any other provision of the Fish and
  Wildlife Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 15 - Commercial Inland Fisheries › 11-1503 - Nets; License Required; Power of Department.

§ 11-1503. Nets; license required; power of department.
The department may regulate the use of nets and other devices commonly
  used  to  take  fish.  No  person shall use a net or device to take fish
  without first obtaining a license to do  so.  Gill  nets  shall  not  be
  operated  in  Lake  Erie.  No  gill net license for use in Lake Ontario,
  including Chaumont Bay and all its other  embayments,  shall  be  issued
  except  to  holders  of a gill net license valid on or prior to December
  31, 1986, and  all  licenses  issued  on  or  prior  to  that  date  are
  non-transferable.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 15 - Commercial Inland Fisheries › 11-1505 - Open Seasons, Size and Catch Limits and Manner of Taking and Possession of Fish; Regulations.

§ 11-1505. Open  seasons, size and catch limits and manner of taking and
possession of fish; regulations.
The department may fix by regulation the manner of  taking  fish  with
  nets  and  other devices including but not limited to open seasons, size
  and catch limits and manner of possession and transportation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 15 - Commercial Inland Fisheries › 11-1519 - Vessels to Carry Employees of Department.

§ 11-1519. Vessels to carry employees of department.
Any  person  operating  a  boat  used  in  taking  fish  shall  permit
  conservation officers or other employees of the department to  board  it
  and inspect its contents and shall carry such persons for the purpose of
  inspecting nets or taking fish eggs.
2023 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 › 11-1701 - Application of Sections 11-1703, 11-1705 and 11-1707.

§ 11-1701. Application of sections 11-1703, 11-1705 and 11-1707.
1.  Sections  11-1703, 11-1705 and 11-1707 apply to fish, wildlife and
  game lawfully taken outside the state and lawfully transported from  the
  place  of  taking,  except  trout raised in a private hatchery, domestic
  game as defined  in  section  11-0103,  fish  from  a  licensed  fishing
  preserve and carcasses of foreign game as defined in section 11-1717.
2.  Sections 11-1703, 11-1705, and 11-1707 do not limit the privileges
  of the holder of a license issued under section 11-0515 to  import  live
  fish  and  wildlife,  or  his  privileges  with  respect  to possession,
  transportation and sale, within the state.
3. Fish referred to by their common names are the fish so referred  to
  and more specifically identified in an order adopted pursuant to section
  11-1303  and  in  section  13-0339 of this chapter. The open seasons for
  fish are specified by order adopted pursuant to section 11-1305 of  this
  article;  those  for game are specified in sections 11-0905, 11-0907 and
  11-1103 of this article.
4. For the purposes of sections 11-1703, 11-1705 and 11-1707, there is
  an open season for a species (a) if it is a fish not protected by law or
  is unprotected wildlife, at any time, and (b) in any other case, at  any
  time when there is an open season for taking it, anywhere in the state.
5.  Sections  11-1705,  11-1711,  11-1721,  11-1723 and 11-1725 do not
  apply to the importation, possession, or sale of captive bred and raised
  North American elk (Cervus elaphus).
2023 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 › 11-1709 - Importation and Transportation of Certain Fish or Fish Eggs.

§ 11-1709. Importation and transportation of certain fish or fish eggs.
Notwithstanding  any  other provision of the Fish and Wildlife Law the
  department may establish by order regulations governing the  importation
  from  without  the  state or transportation within the state of any live
  fish or viable eggs of any species  of  the  family  Salmonidae  (trout,
  salmon, whitefish and grayling).
2023 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 › 11-1717 - Foreign Game.

§ 11-1717. Foreign game.
1.  Foreign  game  means  pheasants  of  all  species,  Scotch grouse,
  Norwegian  ptarmigan,  Norwegian  white  grouse,  European  black  game,
  European   black   plover,   European  gray-legged  partridge,  European
  red-legged partridge, Egyptian quail, tinamou and species or  subspecies
  of  birds  not  native to this state, and European red deer, fallow deer
  and roebuck.
2. The carcasses, or parts thereof,  of  foreign  game  imported  from
  outside the United States may be bought and sold.
2023 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 › 11-1721 - Identification of Carcasses and Parts Thereof.

§ 11-1721. Identification of carcasses and parts thereof.
1. The provisions of this section apply to carcasses and parts thereof
  of
a.  domestic  game  killed on the premises of the holder of a domestic
  game bird breeder's license pursuant to section 11-1901 of this article,
  domestic game animal breeder's license pursuant to  section  11-1905  of
  this article or shooting preserve license pursuant to section 11-1903 of
  this article;
b.  bear  possessed  under license pursuant to section 11-0515 of this
  article or outside the state under a license similar  in  principle  and
  killed for food purposes;
c.  trout,  black  bass,  lake  trout, landlocked salmon, muskellunge,
  pike, pickerel and walleye taken from fishing preserve  waters  licensed
  pursuant to section 11-1913 of this article.
2.  All  such  carcasses  and  parts  shall  be identified with a form
  provided by the department.
3. Carcasses and parts shall not be possessed unless accompanied by  a
  form provided by the department as required by this section.
2023 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 › 11-1723 - Sale of Game and Trout; Transportation Within the State.

§ 11-1723. Sale of game and trout; transportation within the state.
1.  a.  Except  as provided in paragraph b, game and trout required by
  section 11-1721 of this title to be identified, may be possessed, bought
  and  sold,  and  subject  to  section  11-1725  of  this  title  may  be
  transported within and from within to without the state by any means.
b.  No domestic duck, goose, brant or swan killed by shooting shall be
  bought or sold unless marked in accordance with requirements  set  forth
  in  rules  and regulations established by the department of the interior
  pursuant to 50 C.F.R. 21 as may be  amended  from  time  to  time.  Such
  information  shall be provided by department press release and any other
  means that the department determines to be  appropriate  and  effective,
  including posting on the department's public website.
2.  No  person  shall  sell  or  offer for sale any such game or trout
  unless it is so identified.
2023 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 › 11-1725 - Shipment by Carriers.

§ 11-1725. Shipment by carriers.
1.  Carriers may receive, and may transport, within and from within to
  without the state, carcasses and parts thereof  of  game,  described  in
  subdivision  1  of  section  11-1721  and identified as provided in that
  section, when they are also labeled as provided in this section.
2. a. When received in this state by a carrier, or transported  within
  or from within to without the state by a carrier, every shipment of game
  required by section 11-1721 to be identified, shall also have attached a
  card  or  label  with  the  following  data  plainly  printed or written
  thereon: names and addresses of consignor and consignee, number and kind
  of carcasses or parts thereof.
b. If the consignor is the person who holds the game breeder's license
  or shooting preserve license by authority of which such game (other than
  imported foreign game) is saleable, or if the game is  imported  foreign
  game  shipped  by  a  licensed game dealer, the card or label shall also
  state the name and address of the holder of such license, and the number
  of the license.
3. No carrier  or  employee  thereof  shall,  while  engaged  in  such
  business,  transport as owner any fish or game not lawfully saleable. No
  carrier or employee thereof shall knowingly receive or possess any  fish
  or game, whether packed or unpacked, for shipment for any person, unless
  (a)  if  it is game or trout described in section 11-1721 of this title,
  it is identified as required by that section, and (b) in  any  case,  it
  bears the tag, card, identification or label required by this section or
  by sections 11-0911, 11-0917, 11-1319 or 11-1913 of this article.
2023 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 › 11-1727 - Hatchery Trout and Domestic or Imported Foreign Game in Sealed Containers.

§ 11-1727. Hatchery  trout  and  domestic  or  imported  foreign game in
sealed containers.
Trout raised in a private hatchery under permit from the department or
  outside the state under certificate pursuant  to  section  11-1715,  and
  carcasses  or  parts  thereof  of  processed  imported  foreign game and
  domestic game, packed within or without the state in sealed  containers,
  may  be imported, transported, exported, bought and sold at any time. No
  person in this state shall possess, transport, import,  export,  buy  or
  sell  any  such  trout,  imported  game  or  domestic  game  in a sealed
  container unless such  container  shall  bear  a  label  describing  the
  contents and the name of the person by whom processed.
2023 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 › 11-1728 - Sale of Live Wild Birds.

§ 11-1728. Sale of live wild birds.
Except  as  permitted  by  rule  and  regulation of the department, no
  person shall sell  live  wild  birds,  as  defined  in  paragraph  b  of
  subdivision  six  of  section 11-0103 of this chapter, unless such birds
  were born and raised in captivity.
2023 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 › 11-1733 - Taxidermy.

§ 11-1733. Taxidermy.
Persons  engaged  for  hire  in the business of preparing, stuffing or
  mounting of skins of fish or wildlife  shall  keep  in  their  place  of
  business  a true and complete record, in such form as is required by the
  commissioner showing the name or description of every specimen received,
  the date of receipt and the name and address of  the  person  from  whom
  received.   In  addition,  such  persons  shall  also  record  all  bear
  gallbladders and bile received along with  information  from  the  valid
  bear  tag required in paragraph b of subdivision nine of section 11-0917
  of this article. In the event that such  person  sells  or  barters  any
  gallbladder  or  bile the record shall also include the name and address
  of the person or persons to whom such items were sold or bartered.  Such
  information  shall  be  reported to the department annually and retained
  for at  least  five  years.  Conservation  officers  and  other  persons
  authorized  by  the  department shall have access to the register at all
  times.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 19 - Propagation; Shooting Preserves; Farm Fish Ponds; Fishing Preserves › 11-1904 - Canned Shoots Prohibited.

§ 11-1904. Canned shoots prohibited.
1.  No  person  who  owns, operates or manages a facility that harbors
non-native big game mammals shall knowingly permit:
a. The taking on such premises by any person who pays a fee to take  a
live non-native big game mammal by any of the following means:
(1)  the  shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
tied or hobbled;
(2) the shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal  that  is
staked or attached to any object;
(3)  the  shooting or spearing of a non-native big game mammal that is
confined in a box, pen,  cage  or  similar  container  of  ten  or  less
contiguous acres from which there is no means for such mammal to escape;
(4)  the  deliberate  release  of a non-native big game mammal that is
confined in a box, pen,  cage  or  similar  container  of  ten  or  less
contiguous  acres  in  the  presence  of  any person who is, or will be,
shooting or spearing such non-native big game mammal.
b. For purposes of this section:
(1) shooting shall mean the discharge of any type of  firearm  or  bow
and arrow; and
(2)  spearing shall mean the use of any hand or mechanically propelled
single or multiple pronged pike, blade, or harpoon.
2. Nothing contained in this section shall be deemed to prohibit:
a. The lawful taking, hunting or trapping of an animal as provided  in
this  chapter or other law, rule or regulation of the state of New York;
or
b. The lawful slaughtering of an animal as provided in the agriculture
and markets law of New York state or as permitted by the  United  States
Department of Agriculture; or
c.  The  killing  of  an animal that is menacing in a manner likely to
cause serious injury or death to human beings.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 19 - Propagation; Shooting Preserves; Farm Fish Ponds; Fishing Preserves › 11-1905 - Breeding of Domestic Game Animals.

§ 11-1905. Breeding of domestic game animals.
1.  The department may, in its discretion, issue to an owner or lessee
  of wholly enclosed lands or an entire  island  a  domestic  game  animal
  breeder's  license permitting him to possess and propagate domestic game
  animals provided such animals are confined and cared  for  according  to
  specifications  and  regulations  which  the department, by order, shall
  adopt. The license shall expire  on  March  31  every  fifth  year.  The
  department  shall  prescribe  and furnish forms for application for such
  license. Applicants shall pay, and the department shall be  entitled  to
  receive, fees in accordance with the type of license issued.
a.  Class A license, two hundred dollars. This license shall allow the
  holder thereof to  purchase,  possess,  propagate,  transport  and  sell
  domestic game animals dead or alive.
b. Class B license, forty dollars. This license shall allow the holder
  thereof to purchase, possess and propagate domestic game animals for his
  own  use.  No  animals  may be sold, exchanged or given away except that
  portions of the carcass may be given away provided they are packaged and
  the package bears the name and license number of the licensee.
2. The department may revoke the license of any licensee convicted  of
  a  violation  of this section, and no license shall be issued to him for
  the ensuing two years.
3. Only domestic game animals legally propagated or acquired shall  be
  possessed under these licenses.
4.  On  the premises described in the application for the license, the
  licensee may kill domestic game animals at any time and  in  any  manner
  and, with the consent of the licensee, any person may take domestic game
  animals by shooting at any time.
5.  The  holder of a domestic game animal breeder's license shall keep
  records and make reports as required by and upon forms furnished by  the
  department.  The  reports shall be subscribed by the licensee, and shall
  contain an affirmation that the statements therein are made  subject  to
  the  penalties  of perjury. The records shall be continuous and shall be
  kept on  the  licensed  premises,  and  the  licensee  shall  allow  any
  representative  of  the  department to enter the premises to inspect his
  operations and records. Records must be retained for a period  of  three
  years.
6.  Domestic  game  animal  carcasses and parts shall be identified as
  required by section 11-1721 of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 19 - Propagation; Shooting Preserves; Farm Fish Ponds; Fishing Preserves › 11-1906 - On-Line Shoots Prohibited.

§ 11-1906. On-line shoots prohibited.
1.  No  person,  firm,  corporation,  partnership,  limited  liability
  company, association or other business entity shall:
a. own or operate a shooting range or gallery located  in  this  state
  for  purposes of the on-line shooting or spearing of targets or animals;
  or
b. create, maintain or utilize  a  website  via  the  internet,  or  a
  service  or  business via any other means, from any location within this
  state for purposes of the on-line shooting or  spearing  of  targets  or
  animals.
2. For purposes of this section:
a.  "on-line  shooting or spearing" shall mean the firing of a hunting
  instrument from a remote location by using a computer, a website via the
  internet or  a  service  or  business  via  any  other  means,  and  any
  combination  of  cameras,  viewers  and  sites,  or any other devices or
  controls, to operate such hunting instrument, regardless of whether such
  operation is live-action, in real-time or delayed;
b. "hunting instrument" shall mean any type of firearm, bow and  arrow
  or  mechanically  propelled  single  or multiple pronged pike, blade, or
  harpoon;
c. "shooting" shall mean the discharge of any type of firearm  or  bow
  and arrow;
d.  "spearing" shall mean the use of any mechanically propelled single
  or multiple pronged pike, blade, or harpoon; and
e. "shooting range or gallery" shall  mean  any  place  equipped  with
  targets, animals or both, where a hunting instrument is fired.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 19 - Propagation; Shooting Preserves; Farm Fish Ponds; Fishing Preserves › 11-1907 - Propagation of Fur-Bearing Animals.

§ 11-1907. Propagation of fur-bearing animals.
1.  Beaver,  bobcat,  coyote,  raccoon, sable or marten, skunk, otter,
  fisher,  nutria  and  muskrat  may  be  propagated,  or  kept  alive  in
  captivity,   provided  a  license  shall  first  be  obtained  from  the
  department. The fee for the license shall be twenty-five dollars and the
  license shall be in force during the  calendar  year  in  which  it  was
  issued. The license is not transferable.
2.  Animals  propagated  or  kept  alive in captivity pursuant to such
  license  may  be  disposed  of  alive   for   propagation,   exhibition,
  scientific,  or educational purposes or they may be killed and pelted at
  any time, in any manner. Carcasses and pelts  of  such  animals  may  be
  possessed, transported, bought or sold at any time.
3.  On or after April first, two thousand twelve, the department shall
  not issue any new licenses pursuant to this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 19 - Propagation; Shooting Preserves; Farm Fish Ponds; Fishing Preserves › 11-1909 - Private Trout and Black Bass Hatcheries.

§ 11-1909. Private trout and black bass hatcheries.
1. The department in its discretion may issue to any person a hatchery
  permit, valid during the calendar year of issue, to propagate, raise and
  sell   trout.  The  department  shall  establish  by  order  regulations
  governing the identification of trout raised under such a  permit  which
  are offered for sale, sold or transported.
2. The department in its discretion may issue to any person a hatchery
  permit, valid during the calendar year of issue, to propagate, raise and
  sell  black  bass.  The department shall establish by order, regulations
  governing the transportation of black bass raised under such a permit.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 20 - New York State Bird Conservation Area Program › 11-2003 - Advisory Committee.

§ 11-2003. Advisory committee.
There  shall  be  created  within the department a New York state bird
  conservation area  program  advisory  committee  whose  non-governmental
  members shall serve without pay, meet not less than twice each year, and
  whose sole purpose shall be to advise as to the designation, management,
  educational   research   and   utilization   of  those  sites  that  are
  individually designated as part of and  collectively  comprise  the  New
  York  state  bird  conservation  area  program.  Provided,  however, the
  utilization of such sites shall be consistent with the  mission  of  the
  state  agency  or  entity designating a New York state bird conservation
  area  pursuant  to  section  11-2001  of  this  title.  In  addition  to
  representatives  of the department, the advisory committee shall consist
  of, but not be limited to one representative each from the department of
  state, the Conservation Fund Advisory Board, the  Conservation  Council,
  the  office  of  parks,  recreation and historic preservation, the state
  museum, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, the Nature  Conservancy,  the
  National   Audubon   Society,   Ducks  Unlimited,  the  New  York  State
  Biodiversity Research Institute, and the Federation of  New  York  State
  Bird   Clubs.   The  commissioner  may  appoint  additional  members  as
  appropriate, who shall serve at his pleasure.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 20-A - Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Protection Area › 11-2050 - Establishment of the Marine Mammal and Sea Turtle Protection Area.

§ 11-2050. Establishment  of the marine mammal and sea turtle protection
area.
1. There shall be created the marine mammal and sea turtle  protection
area  consisting  of the waters in the area from mean high water seaward
fifteen hundred feet, except further seaward in  shallow  areas  to  the
outermost  limit  of  waters  fifteen feet in depth, around Plum Island,
Great Gull Island and Little Gull Island. Such protection area may  also
be  designated  as  a  New York state bird conservation area pursuant to
section 11-2001 of this article.
2. For purposes of  this  title  the  marine  mammal  and  sea  turtle
protection area shall mean:
(a) a site providing habitat to species including:
(i) harbor seals (Phoca vitulina);
(ii) harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena);
(iii) gray seals (Halichoerus grypus); and
(iv) sea turtle species including kemp's ridley (Lepidochelys kempii),
green turtles (Chelonia mydas) and leatherback (Dermochelys coreacia);
(b) presence of a state-designated natural protective feature; and
(c)  location  within  the  boundaries  of  two  estuaries of national
significance.
3. The department is authorized to promulgate regulations  to  prevent
the  harassment and for the protection of marine mammals and sea turtles
within the marine mammal and sea turtle protection area.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands › 11-2101 - Powers of the Department.

§ 11-2101. Powers of the department.
1. The department shall have power:
a. to make regulations for the use of state-owned boat-launching sites
  and  state-owned  boat-access  sites  and  public  hunting, trapping and
  fishing grounds and to prohibit, limit and manage hunting, trapping  and
  fishing  on  lands, waters or lands and waters on which such grounds are
  established, in such manner as it deems calculated to promote the public
  interest, notwithstanding any other provision of the Fish  and  Wildlife
  Law or other law;
b.  by  posting signs or serving notice as provided in section 11-2111
  to protect any lands or  waters,  rights  or  interests  therein  owned,
  leased or otherwise acquired by the state and assigned or made available
  to the department for controlling, managing, propagating or distributing
  fish or wildlife or for conducting and managing hatcheries or biological
  stations,   game  farms,  rearing  stations,  refuges,  public  hunting,
  trapping and fishing grounds or game management areas;
c. to  fix  the  terms  of  permits  issued  and  regulations  adopted
  permitting the taking of fish or wildlife on, or entering upon, any area
  or facility mentioned in this subdivision;
d.  to  enter  into  cooperative  agreement with any department of the
  United States government, municipality or  person  for  the  purpose  of
  better  promoting  fish and wildlife conservation practices on any lands
  or waters owned, leased or otherwise acquired  by  the  state  and  made
  available to the department for use by the department, or on other lands
  or waters as provided in sections 11-0303, 11-0321 or 11-0501.
e.  to  dispose of surplus products of the state's fish hatcheries and
  to dispose of pheasant chicks and surplus pheasant eggs of  the  state's
  game farms as it deems proper.
2. Whenever in the conduct of the public hunting, trapping and fishing
  grounds, game refuges and other areas held for use by the department, in
  the  opinion  of the department it becomes necessary to remove trees and
  other products in order to manage  such  areas  along  lines  scientific
  research indicates are best calculated to produce the optimum conditions
  for fish or wildlife, the department may, upon such terms as it may deem
  to  be  for  the best interests of the state, sell the trees, timber and
  other products on any such grounds, refuges or other areas  acquired  by
  purchase, gift or devise for use by the department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands › 11-2103 - Acquisition and Use of Property.

§ 11-2103. Acquisition and use of property.
1.  The  department  shall  have  power to acquire by lease, purchase,
  gift, devise, agreement or otherwise from any sources, lands, waters  or
  lands  and  waters,  or any right or interest therein for the purpose of
  establishing  and  maintaining  public  hunting,  trapping  and  fishing
  grounds.
2.  a.  The  department  shall have power to receive real and personal
  property by gift or devise from any person or  from  the  United  States
  Government  and to accept such property in the name of the people of the
  state. Under this power any property of any nature or any rights therein
  may be received and accepted if the department  deems  it  suitable  for
  purposes of fish and wildlife management.
b. Lands or waters accepted under this power shall be held for the use
  of  the  department and shall be improved or developed as the department
  deems best for such purposes. Such lands and  waters  shall  not  become
  part  of the forest preserve nor be subject to the limitation of section
  1 of article XIV of the State Constitution.
3. The department may purchase the  shooting  and  fishing  rights  on
  lands  or waters outside the Adirondack and Catskill parks and establish
  game refuges thereon.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands › 11-2105 - State Game Refuges.

§ 11-2105. State game refuges.
1.  Any  enclosed land or water owned by the state may be set aside by
  the department as a refuge for the protection of fish,  wildlife,  trees
  and  plants.  Not more than one hundred thousand acres in the Adirondack
  park nor more than fifteen thousand acres in the Catskill park shall  be
  set  aside  for  such  purpose  nor  shall any land in the Adirondack or
  Catskill park be so set aside without  the  approval  of  the  board  of
  supervisors  or  county  legislative  body  of  the county affected. The
  consent of the riparian owners shall  first  be  obtained  before  lands
  under water and the waters thereon shall be so set aside.
2.  Lands  and  waters set aside or established by the department as a
  game  refuge  shall  remain  a  game  refuge  until  the  department  by
  regulation permits the taking of fish and wildlife thereon.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands › 11-2106 - National Wildlife Refuge System; Regulations.

§ 11-2106. National Wildlife refuge system; regulations.
The  department  shall  adopt  regulations  in  relation  to  fish and
  wildlife on lands of the national wildlife  refuge  system  within  this
  state  which  regulations  shall conform to the National Wildlife Refuge
  System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd, 668ee), as presently
  constituted or as hereafter amended, and regulations of the Secretary of
  the Interior adopted pursuant thereto.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands › 11-2107 - Consent for the United States to Acquire Land or Water for the Establishment of Migratory Bird Reservations.

§ 11-2107. Consent  for  the  United States to acquire land or water for
the establishment of migratory bird reservations.
Consent of the state is given to the acquisition by the United  States
  by purchase, gift, devise or lease of such areas of land or water, or of
  land  and water, in the state of New York, as the United States may deem
  necessary for  the  establishment  of  migratory  bird  reservations  in
  accordance  with  the Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. § 715),
  reserving, however, to the state  of  New  York  full  jurisdiction  and
  authority  over all such areas not incompatible with the administration,
  maintenance, protection and control thereof by the United  States  under
  the terms of such act of Congress.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands › 11-2113 - Effect of Posting or Service of Notice.

§ 11-2113. Effect of posting or service of notice.
1.  No  person  shall  enter  or  remain  unlawfully  or engage in any
  activity upon land which has been posted pursuant to section 11-2111  in
  violation  of the terms of such posted signs or the terms of any written
  notice and warning served upon such person pursuant to subdivision  four
  of section 11-2111.
2. No person shall post any sign prohibiting or limiting activities on
  land  pursuant to this article, unless authorized to do so by the owner,
  lawful occupant or other person or organization having authority to post
  such lands.
3. No unauthorized person shall injure, conceal, deface  or  remove  a
  sign erected and maintained as provided in section 11-2111.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands › 11-2115 - Posted and Unposted Lands; Failure to Leave on Request.

§ 11-2115. Posted and unposted lands; failure to leave on request.
1. It shall be unlawful for any person engaged in hunting, trapping or
  fishing  without  permission  upon  the lands of another, whether or not
  posted  as  provided  in  section  11-2111  not  to  leave  such   lands
  immediately  when  requested  to  do  so  by the owner, lessee or lawful
  occupant.
2. Upon any conviction of a violation of this section, all the current
  licenses held by the person convicted, issued pursuant to title 7 of the
  Fish and Wildlife Law, shall be revoked and he shall be  ineligible  for
  any  such license during the ensuing license year, and in the discretion
  of the  court  ineligible  therefor  during  an  additional  period  not
  exceeding one license year.
3.  The  punishment  provided  in this section shall be in addition to
  such other fines and penalties as the person convicted may have incurred
  by violating any provision of this title 21 of  the  Fish  and  Wildlife
  Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 21 - Conservation Areas and Facilities; Private Refuges and Posted Lands › 11-2117 - Damage to Property, Livestock or Domestic Fowl by Hunters and Fishermen.

§ 11-2117. Damage to property, livestock or domestic fowl by hunters and
fishermen.
No  person,  for the purpose of or while hunting, trapping or fishing,
  shall without the permission of the owner,  lessee  or  lawful  occupant
  enter upon the land of another and while thereon kill or injure any dog,
  livestock or domestic fowl, or cut, destroy or damage any bars, gates or
  fence  or  any  part  thereof,  or  deface  or  damage any vehicle, farm
  equipment, buildings or appurtenances to the land, resulting  in  damage
  to  the owner or occupant of the land or of the dog, livestock, domestic
  fowl,  bars,  gates,   fences,   vehicles,   equipment,   buildings   or
  appurtenances to the land.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 23 - Administration of Fish and Wildlife Law › 11-2301 - Rules and Regulations.

§ 11-2301. Rules and regulations.
Rules  and  regulations adopted by the department pursuant to the Fish
  and  Wildlife  Law  shall  be  adopted  as   provided   in   the   state
  administrative procedure act.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 23 - Administration of Fish and Wildlife Law › 11-2303 - Disposition of Moneys.

§ 11-2303. Disposition of moneys.
1.  Moneys  received  in  accordance with the terms of any cooperative
  agreement  for  promoting  fish  and  wildlife  conservation   practices
  pursuant  to  paragraph  d  of  subdivision  1 of section 11-2101 unless
  otherwise expressly provided, shall be  deposited  in  the  conservation
  fund as provided by section 83 of the State Finance Law to be available,
  after  appropriation  by  the  Legislature,  for  any  of  the  purposes
  specified in that section.
2. Any moneys received by gift or devise pursuant to subdivision 2  of
  section 11-2103 shall be deposited and disbursed as provided by sections
  11 and 83 of the State Finance Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 23 - Administration of Fish and Wildlife Law › 11-2305 - Sale of Trees, Timber and Other Products.

§ 11-2305. Sale of trees, timber and other products.
Sale  of  trees,  timber  and  other  products  sold by the department
  pursuant to subdivision 2 of  section  11-2101  shall  be  conducted  as
  provided in section 9-0505 of this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 1 - General Provisions › 13-0101 - Short Title.

§ 13-0101. Short title.
Article  13 together with article 11 of the Environmental Conservation
  Law shall be known as the Fish and Wildlife Law. Sections of article  13
  or  of  article  11 may be cited either as sections of the Environmental
  Conservation Law or as sections of the Fish and Wildlife Law.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 1 - General Provisions › 13-0103 - Marine and Coastal District Described.

§ 13-0103. Marine and coastal district described.
The  marine  and  coastal  district  shall  include  the waters of the
  Atlantic Ocean within three nautical miles from the coast line  and  all
  other  tidal  waters  within the state, including the Hudson River up to
  the Governor Mario M. Cuomo bridge.