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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0313 - Waters Closed to Taking of Fish.

§ 11-0313. Waters closed to taking of fish.
The  department  shall have power by regulation to close any waters of
  the state to the taking of fish whenever an environmental  investigation
  it  causes  to  be  made  reveals  that  fish  life in such waters is in
  imminent danger of undue depletion because of low water  levels  brought
  on  by  drought.  Any  such  regulation  shall remain in force until the
  department finds that the low water emergency has passed and repeals the
  regulation.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0315 - Hudson River Shad Fishery.

§ 11-0315.  Hudson River shad fishery.
The  department  is  authorized in its discretion to adopt regulations
  establishing restrictions as to numbers and lengths and  types  of  nets
  and  other  gear,  compulsory  lift  periods,  licenses,  closed season,
  protected waters or other like measures,  as  in  its  judgment  may  be
  desirable for the protection of the shad fishing in the Hudson River. In
  adopting  any such regulation, due regard shall be given to the needs of
  persons earning their livelihood by  shad  fishing,  opportunity  to  be
  heard  shall  be  given,  and  there  shall be no discrimination in such
  additional regulations against the citizens of any other state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0317 - Seasons and Limits for Taking Fish in Certain Border Waters.

§ 11-0317. Seasons and limits for taking fish in certain border waters.
1. After consultation with the appropriate agencies of the neighboring
  states or provinces mentioned in this section, the department shall have
  power  to  adopt  regulations  establishing  open  seasons, minimum size
  limits, manner of taking, creel and seasonal limits for  the  taking  of
  fish  in  the  waters of Indian Lake and Mianus Reservoir, both situated
  partly in New York and partly in  Connecticut,  and  in  the  waters  of
  Greenwood Lake, situate partly in New York and partly in New Jersey, and
  in  the  Delaware  River,  situate  partly  in  New  York  and partly in
  Pennsylvania and in the waters of Lake Champlain situate partly  in  New
  York,  partly in Vermont and partly in the Province of Quebec. Such open
  seasons, manner of taking and limits shall, whenever possible,  be  made
  uniform,  with  those fixed by the neighboring state or province for the
  waters in question with respect to all species upon which agreement  can
  be reached with the appropriate agency of that jurisdiction.
2.  When  the department shall find that conditions permit restoration
  and maintenance  of  the  shad  run  of  the  Delaware  River  and  that
  restrictions  imposed  under  the  foregoing  powers  are  inadequate to
  cooperate with Pennsylvania and New Jersey in  maintaining  the  maximum
  sustained  yield  of  such  fishery,  the department is authorized after
  consultation with the  appropriate  agencies  of  Pennsylvania  and  New
  Jersey  to  declare  by  regulation  that an emergency exists and in its
  discretion to impose such additional restrictions for the taking of shad
  in the Delaware River and its tributaries as to numbers and lengths  and
  types  of nets and other gear, compulsory lift periods, licenses, closed
  season, protected waters or other like measures as may in  its  judgment
  be  necessary to maintain such maximum sustained yield.  In adopting any
  such regulation, the department shall observe the conditions  prescribed
  in section 11-0315.
3. After consultation with the appropriate agencies of the neighboring
  states  and  the Province of Ontario, the department shall have power to
  adopt regulations establishing open seasons, minimum size limits, manner
  of taking, and creel and seasonal limits for the taking of fish  in  the
  waters  of  Lake  Erie,  Lake  Ontario,  the  Niagara  river and the St.
  Lawrence river. Such open seasons, manner of taking  and  limits  shall,
  whenever  possible,  be made uniform with those fixed by the neighboring
  states and the Province of Ontario, as the case may be, for  the  waters
  in  question  with  respect  to  all species upon which agreement can be
  reached with the appropriate agency of that jurisdiction.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0319 - Seasons, Limits and Manner of Taking Fish in Waters of New York City Water Supply Open to Public.

§ 11-0319. Seasons,  limits  and  manner of taking fish in waters of New
York City water supply open to public.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article and subject to the
  approval of the New York City Department  of  Environmental  Protection,
  the  department  shall have power to adopt regulations establishing open
  seasons, minimum size limits, manner of taking and  daily  and  seasonal
  limits  for  taking fish in the waters of the New York City water supply
  which are open or may be opened in the future to the public for fishing.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0323 - Publication of Fish and Wildlife Law.

§ 11-0323. Publication of Fish and Wildlife Law.
1.  The  department  shall  compile  and  index  each  year  after the
  adjournment of the legislature the laws relating to fish  and  wildlife,
  as  well as invasive species (as defined in section 9-1703 and 9-1710 of
  this chapter), as amended to date. Copies of the  compilation  shall  be
  printed  in  pamphlet  form  of  pocket size in the number for which the
  legislature may appropriate funds.
2. The department shall also prepare  a  syllabus  of  such  laws  and
  information  informing migratory game bird hunters where they can obtain
  information regarding open seasons and bag limits,  federal  regulations
  pursuant  to  sections  11-1721  and 11-1723 of this article and of laws
  relating to invasive species (as  defined  in  section  9-1703  of  this
  chapter).  The  department  shall  deliver  copies  of  such syllabus to
  county, city, town and village clerks  in  numbers  sufficient  for  the
  furnishing  of  one  copy  to each person to whom a hunting, trapping or
  fishing license is issued. Each such licensee shall be entitled  to  one
  copy of such syllabus.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0325 - Control of Dangerous Diseases.

§ 11-0325. Control of dangerous diseases.
1.   Whenever   it   is   jointly  determined  by  the  Department  of
  Environmental  Conservation  and  the  Department  of  Health   or   the
  Department  of Agriculture and Markets, and certification is made to the
  Commissioner of Environmental Conservation by the Commissioner of Health
  or the Commissioner of Agriculture and Markets, that  a  disease,  which
  endangers  the health and welfare of fish or wildlife populations, or of
  domestic livestock or of the human population, exists in any area of the
  state, or is in imminent danger of being introduced into the state,  the
  department  shall  adopt any measures or regulations with respect to the
  taking, transportation, sale, offering for sale or possession of  native
  fish  or  feral  animals it may deem necessary in the public interest to
  prevent the introduction or spread of such disease. The  department  may
  undertake  such  fish or wildlife control measures it may deem necessary
  to eliminate, reduce or confine the disease.
2. Whenever it  is  determined  by  the  Department  of  Environmental
  Conservation  that  an  epizootic disease which endangers the health and
  welfare of native fish or feral animal populations only, exists  in  any
  area  of  the  state,  or  is  in imminent danger of developing or being
  introduced into the state, the department  may  adopt  any  measures  or
  regulations  with  respect to the taking, transportation, sale, offering
  for sale or possession of native fish or feral animals deemed  necessary
  in   the   public   interest  to  prevent  the  development,  spread  or
  introduction of such disease.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 3 - General Powers and Duties of the Department › 11-0329 - Outdoor Recreation and Trail Maintenance; Regulation.

§ 11-0329. Outdoor recreation and trail maintenance; regulation.
1.  The  department shall, by rule and regulation, establish the means
  or method for the creation of voluntary  outdoor  recreation  and  trail
  maintenance   pins   and   patches,   their   administration,  sale  and
  distribution, the fee therefor,  and  other  matters  relating  to  such
  voluntary pins and patches.
2.  The  department  shall  prepare  or cause to be prepared voluntary
  outdoor recreation and trail maintenance pins and  patches  and  furnish
  such  pins  and  patches annually to license issuing agents and officers
  for sale and issuance in the same manner as licenses and other types  of
  pins  and  patches.  The  purchase  of  such  pins  and patches shall be
  voluntary and need not be possessed in order to participate  in  outdoor
  recreational activities.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0503 - Polluting Streams Prohibited.

§ 11-0503. Polluting streams prohibited.
1.  No  dyestuffs,  coal tar, refuse from a gas house, cheese factory,
  creamery, condensary or canning factory, sawdust,  shavings,  tan  bark,
  lime,  acid,  oil  or  other deleterious or poisonous substance shall be
  thrown or allowed to run into any waters, either private or  public,  in
  quantities  injurious  to  fish  life,  protected  wildlife or waterfowl
  inhabitating those waters or  injurious  to  the  propagation  of  fish,
  protected wildlife or waterfowl therein.
2.  a.  No person shall place sewage or other matter injurious to fish
  where it can find its way into water used by any state fish hatchery  or
  allow others to do so on or through premises owned or occupied by him.
b.  No person shall erect or maintain any privy, pigsty, inclosure for
  poultry, barn or barnyard, or drain from any building,  whence  drainage
  or  refuse  may find its way into water used by any state fish hatchery.
  Every such privy, pigsty, inclosure, barn, barnyard and drain is  hereby
  declared  to  be  a  public  nuisance and may be summarily abated by the
  department.
3. Oil, acid, sludge, cinders or ashes from a vessel of any type shall
  not be thrown, dumped or allowed by any person to run into the waters of
  the Hudson or Mohawk rivers.
4. No earth, soil, refuse or other solid substances,  except  snow  or
  ice,  shall  be  disposed of in any stream or tributary thereto which is
  inhabited by trout; nor shall any earth, soil,  refuse  or  other  solid
  substance,  except  snow  or  ice,  be disposed of on the banks of trout
  streams or  tributaries  thereto  in  such  a  manner  that  such  solid
  substance  can  enter  the stream at any stage of water level. Dumps and
  disposal  areas  for  refuse  along  the  banks  of  trout  streams,  or
  tributaries thereto, shall be operated by the owner or lessee of such an
  area  in  such  manner that the solid substances deposited thereon shall
  not enter the stream at any stage of water level.
5. This section does  not  prohibit  the  control  or  elimination  of
  aquatic  vegetation,  insects  and  aquatic  animals,  authorized by the
  department in order to effectuate  the  provisions  of  paragraph  a  of
  subdivision 2 of section 11-1911 and subdivision 8 of section 11-1913 of
  the Fish and Wildlife Law.
6.  Nothing  contained in this section shall prohibit the enactment by
  the appropriate governing or legislative body of any county, city,  town
  or   village   of  local  laws,  not  inconsistent  with  this  chapter,
  prohibiting  the  disposal  of  earth,  soil,  refuse,  or  other  solid
  substance, in streams, ponds or lakes within its jurisdiction.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0507 - Liberation of Fish, Shellfish and Wildlife.

§ 11-0507. Liberation of fish, shellfish and wildlife.
1.  Fish  or  fish eggs shall not be placed in any waters of the state
  unless a permit is first obtained from the  department;  but  no  permit
  shall be required to place fish or fish eggs in an aquarium.
2.  No person shall liberate or import or cause to be imported for the
  purpose  of  liberation  within  the  state  any  European  hare  (Lepus
  europaeus),  European  or San Juan rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), Texas
  or   jack   rabbit   (Lepus    californicus),    gray    fox    (Urocyon
  cinereoargenteus),  including  captive  bred  gray  fox, red fox (Vulpes
  vuples), including captive bred red fox or  nutria  (Myocastor  coypus),
  whether  taken  from within or without the state. Nutria may be imported
  only by permit of the  department  for  scientific,  exhibition  or  for
  breeding purposes.
3.  No  person  shall willfully liberate within the state any wildlife
  except under permit from the department. The department may  issue  such
  permit  in  its  discretion,  fix  the  terms  thereof  and revoke it at
  pleasure. These  provisions  do  not  apply  to  migratory  game  birds,
  importation of which is governed by regulation of the department.
4.  No  person  shall  intentionally liberate zebra mussels (Dreissena
  polymorpha) into any waters of the state. No person shall buy, sell,  or
  offer  to  buy  or  sell,  or  intentionally  possess or transport zebra
  mussels except under a license or  permit  issued  pursuant  to  section
  11-0515. Zebra mussels, except those lawfully held pursuant to a license
  or permit, may be destroyed by any person at any time.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0509 - Water Chestnut.

§ 11-0509. Water chestnut.
No  person  shall plant, transport, transplant or traffic in plants of
  the water chestnut or the seeds or nuts thereof nor in any manner  cause
  the spread or growth of such plants.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0511 - Possession and Transportation of Wildlife.

§ 11-0511. Possession and transportation of wildlife.
Subject  to  the  provisions  of  section  11-0512 of this article, no
  person shall, except under a license or permit first obtained  from  the
  department   containing   the  prominent  warning  notice  specified  in
  subdivision nine of section 11-0917 of this article, possess,  transport
  or cause to be transported, imported or exported any live wolf, wolfdog,
  coyote,  coydog,  fox,  skunk,  raccoon,  venomous  reptile,  endangered
  species designated pursuant to section 11-0535 of  this  title,  species
  named  in  section  11-0536  of this title or other species of native or
  non-native live  wildlife  or  fish  where  the  department  finds  that
  possession,  transportation,  importation or exportation of such species
  of wildlife or fish would present a danger to the health or  welfare  of
  the  people  of  the state, an individual resident or indigenous fish or
  wildlife population. Environmental conservation officers, forest rangers
  and members of the state police may seize every  such  animal  possessed
  without such license or permit. No action for damages shall lie for such
  seizure, and disposition of seized animals shall be at the discretion of
  the department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0513 - Pigeons.

§ 11-0513. Pigeons.
1. No person shall at any time, by any means or in any manner capture,
  kill or attempt to capture or kill any Antwerp or homing pigeon, wearing
  a  ring or seamless leg band with its registered number stamped thereon;
  nor shall any person remove such mark. No person except the lawful owner
  shall detain, possess, or transport Antwerp or homing pigeons wearing  a
  ring or seamless leg band with the registered number thereon.
2.   Notwithstanding   any  other  law  to  the  contrary,  the  local
  legislative body of any city, town or village, or in  the  city  of  New
  York  the  Department of Health may take or issue a permit to any person
  to  take  pigeons  at  any  time  and  in  any  humane  manner  in  such
  municipality,  whenever  such  body or administration finds that pigeons
  within such municipality are or may become a menace to public health  or
  a  public  nuisance; provided, however, that no pigeon may be taken in a
  manner which will endanger other animal life, persons or property.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0514 - Eurasian Boars Prohibited.

§ 11-0514. Eurasian boars prohibited.
1.  For  purposes  of  this  section,  "Eurasian  boar" shall mean any
  subspecies, breed, or hybrid  of  swine  recognized  as  Eurasian  boar,
  Russian  boar, wild boar, wild hog, razorback, or feral swine. "Eurasian
  boar" shall not include domestic pigs (sus scrofa  domestica)  possessed
  for  meat  production  or  as  pets,  or animals possessed or owned by a
  zoological park accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
2. No person, firm, partnership,  corporation,  or  government  entity
  shall  knowingly  import,  allow  to  breed,  or introduce into the wild
  Eurasian boars.
3. Beginning September first, two thousand fifteen, no  person,  firm,
  partnership,  corporation  or government entity shall knowingly possess,
  sell, offer for sale, distribute,  transport,  or  otherwise  market  or
  trade live Eurasian boars.
4.  The  department  may  adopt  rules  and  regulations  necessary to
  implement and administer this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0515 - Licenses to Collect, Possess or Sell for Propagation, Scientific or Exhibition Purposes.

§ 11-0515. Licenses   to  collect,  possess  or  sell  for  propagation,
scientific or exhibition purposes.
1. The department may issue to any person a license revocable  at  its
  pleasure  to collect or possess fish, wildlife, shellfish, crustacea, or
  aquatic  insects,  birds'  nests  or  eggs  for  propagation,   banding,
  scientific  or exhibition purposes. The department in its discretion may
  require an applicant to pay a license fee of ten dollars, and to file  a
  bond  of two hundred dollars to be approved by the department that he or
  she will not violate any provisions of this article. Each licensee shall
  file with the department a report containing  such  information  as  the
  department may require. Such license shall be in force for one year only
  and shall not be transferable.
2.  The  department may also issue a license revocable at its pleasure
  to possess and sell protected fish, wildlife,  shellfish,  crustacea  or
  aquatic  insects for propagation, scientific or exhibition purposes. The
  department in its discretion may require a license fee of  ten  dollars.
  Such  license  shall  be  in  force  for  one year only and shall not be
  transferable. Each licensee shall file  with  the  department  a  report
  containing  such  information  as  the  department  may  require.  Fish,
  wildlife, shellfish, crustacea or  aquatic  insects  lawfully  possessed
  under  this  section  may  be  sold  at  any  time  by  the licensee for
  propagation, scientific or exhibition purposes only.
3. The department may  also  issue  a  revocable  license  to  possess
  distressed  wildlife  for  rehabilitation  purposes.  The department may
  adopt regulations concerning the qualifications, appointment and  duties
  of  wildlife  rehabilitators and the procedures for license issuance and
  revocation.
4. The department shall have power to make regulations  governing  the
  possession  of  such  fish,  wildlife,  shellfish, crustacea and aquatic
  insects to protect them from cruelty, disease or undue discomfort and to
  protect the public from attack or contamination.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0517 - Taking for Propagation and Stocking; Fish Hindering Propagation of Food Fish or Shellfish.

§ 11-0517. Taking   for   propagation   and   stocking;  fish  hindering
propagation of food fish or shellfish.
1. The department may take, or  it  may  permit  any  person  to  take
  wildlife  for propagation or stocking purposes, or fish or shellfish for
  propagation purposes.
2. It may also remove, or permit to be removed, in any manner  it  may
  prescribe, from either public or private waters, fish or shellfish which
  hinder  the  propagation  of  food  fish  or  shellfish, or which are in
  imminent danger of being killed by pollution or otherwise. Such fish  or
  shellfish shall be disposed of as the department may direct.
3.  No person shall take fish within one hundred feet of any leader or
  net operated by the department or permitted under subdivisions 1 or 2 of
  this section and  fish  confined  therein  shall  be  handled  or  taken
  therefrom only by an employee of the department or by the permittee.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0519 - Disposition of Fish, Wildlife, Game, Shellfish, Crustacea or Protected Insects Seized by or Surrendered to Enforcement Officers.

§ 11-0519. Disposition  of fish, wildlife, game, shellfish, crustacea or
protected insects seized by or surrendered  to  enforcement
officers.
1.  When  any  fish,  game,  wildlife,  shellfish,  crustacea  or part
  thereof, or any protected insect, or any bird plumage, is
a. seized by an enforcement officer as provided in section 71-0907 and
  it is thereafter determined that the possession thereof, by  the  person
  from  whom  it  was seized, was unlawful under any provision of the Fish
  and Wildlife Law or regulation pursuant thereto; or
b. found in or released from  a  trap,  snare,  net  or  other  device
  constituting  a  nuisance  which  the officer is authorized summarily to
  abate as provided in section 71-0915; or
c. surrendered to an enforcement officer for disposition by any person
  having lawful custody or possession; possession thereof shall be  deemed
  vested  in  the department on behalf of the state. All such things shall
  be disposed of as may be determined by the enforcement officer,  subject
  to law and any applicable regulations of the department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0521 - Destructive Wildlife; Taking Pursuant to Permit.

§ 11-0521. Destructive wildlife; taking pursuant to permit.
1.  The  department may direct any environmental conservation officer,
  or issue a permit to any person,  to  take  any  wildlife  at  any  time
  whenever  it  becomes  a  nuisance,  destructive  to  public  or private
  property or a threat to public health  or  welfare,  provided,  however,
  that  where  such  wildlife  is  a  bear, no such permit shall be issued
  except upon proof of damage to such property or threat to public  health
  or  safety presented to the department. Upon presentation of such proof,
  the department may  issue  a  permit  authorizing  the  use  of  trained
  tracking  dogs  pursuant to section 11-0928 of this article, and, if the
  department has determined that  no  other  alternative  is  feasible,  a
  separate permit to take the bear. Wildlife so taken shall be disposed of
  as  the  department  may  direct.  Any  person,  agency,  corporation or
  municipality who obtains a migratory bird depredation  permit  or  order
  issued  by  the federal department of the interior pursuant to 50 C.F.R.
  13 and 50 C.F.R. 21, as may be amended from time to time, shall  not  be
  required  to  obtain  a  permit  from  the  department  to  conduct  the
  authorized activities.
2. The department may, by permit issued to a  landowner,  permit  such
  landowner,  and  any person he may designate in writing as his agent, to
  take beaver on lands  owned  by  the  permittee,  during  any  specified
  period,   in   any   specified  number,  and  by  any  specified  means,
  notwithstanding the provision contained in paragraph d of subdivision  3
  of  section 11-0901 or any other provision of the Fish and Wildlife Law.
  Beaver so taken shall be disposed of as the department may direct.
3. Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  requiring  or
  obligating  the  department  to  issue  a  permit to take wildlife or to
  direct the taking of any wildlife when  in  its  opinion  the  nuisance,
  destruction  of property or threat to public health and welfare will not
  be effectively abated thereby.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0522 - Urban Deer Management Pilot Program.

* § 11-0522. Urban deer management pilot program.
1.  For  the purposes of this section, " nuisance wildlife specialist"
  shall mean an employee of or a  contractor  for  the  federal  or  state
  government responsible for wildlife management acting pursuant to a deer
  management  plan  and  deer  cull permit. A nuisance wildlife specialist
  must be in compliance with criteria established by the  department  that
  at a minimum shall require:
a.  a  minimum level of marksmanship qualifications appropriate to the
  firearm or hunting implement to be used;
b.  liability  insurance  coverage  or  other  financial  arrangements
  identified by the department;
c.  a  copy  of  the  cull  permit  and  a copy of the log of nuisance
  wildlife specialists using the  permit,  be  on  the  nuisance  wildlife
  specialist's person when exercising any privilege of such permit; and
d. reporting requirements.
2.  The  department  may,  after reviewing the city of Syracuse's cull
  permit application and site-specific deer management plan,  and  upon  a
  finding  by  the  city  of  Syracuse  that  deer have become a nuisance,
  destructive to public or private property or a threat to  public  health
  or  welfare,  issue  a deer cull permit for use within the boundaries of
  the city of Syracuse, authorizing use of a nuisance wildlife  specialist
  to take deer pursuant to the terms of the deer cull permit.
3.   Each   cull   permit  application  shall  at  a  minimum  include
  requirements for: the timeframe during which the permit must be used,  a
  site-specific deer management plan, a geographic description of the area
  for  which  the  permit  is being requested, a written contract with the
  city  of  Syracuse,  a  list  which  identifies  participating  nuisance
  wildlife  specialists  and eligibility based on the criteria established
  by the department, provided by the city of Syracuse,  requests  for  any
  authorization pursuant to subdivisions three and nine of section 11-0505
  of  this  title, subdivision two of section 11-0901 of this article, and
  subdivisions two and four of section 11-0931 of this  article,  provided
  that  any  such  authorization  subsequently granted shall be explicitly
  included on any cull permit, and details regarding  expected  local  law
  enforcement consultation.
4.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  requiring or
  obligating the department to issue a permit to take  deer  when  in  its
  opinion the nuisance, destruction of property or threat to public health
  and welfare will not be effectively abated thereby.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2027
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0522-A - Long Island Deer Management Pilot Program.

* § 11-0522-a. Long Island deer management pilot program.
1.  For  the purposes of this section, " nuisance wildlife specialist"
  shall mean an employee of or a  contractor  for  the  federal  or  state
  government responsible for wildlife management acting pursuant to a deer
  management  plan  and  deer  cull permit. A nuisance wildlife specialist
  must be in compliance with criteria established by the  department  that
  at a minimum shall require:
a.  a  minimum level of marksmanship qualifications appropriate to the
  firearm or hunting implement to be used;
b.  liability  insurance  coverage  or  other  financial  arrangements
  identified by the department;
c.  a  copy  of  the  cull  permit  and  a copy of the log of nuisance
  wildlife specialists using the  permit,  be  on  the  nuisance  wildlife
  specialist's person when exercising any privilege of such permit; and
d. reporting requirements.
2.  The  department  may,  after reviewing the town of Southold's cull
  permit application and site-specific deer management plan,  and  upon  a
  finding  by  the  town  of  Southold  that  deer have become a nuisance,
  destructive to public or private property or a threat to  public  health
  or  welfare,  issue  a deer cull permit for use within the boundaries of
  the town of  Southold,  authorizing  the  use  of  a  nuisance  wildlife
  specialist to take deer pursuant to the terms of the deer cull permit.
3.   Each   cull   permit  application  shall  at  a  minimum  include
  requirements for: the timeframe during which the permit must be used,  a
  site-specific deer management plan, a geographic description of the area
  for  which  the  permit  is being requested, a written contract with the
  town  of  Southold,  a  list  which  identifies  participating  nuisance
  wildlife  specialists  and eligibility based on the criteria established
  by the department, provided by the town of Southold,  requests  for  any
  authorization pursuant to subdivisions three and nine of section 11-0505
  of  this  title, subdivision two of section 11-0901 of this article, and
  subdivisions two and four of section 11-0931 of this  article,  provided
  that  any  such  authorization  subsequently granted shall be explicitly
  included on any cull permit, and details regarding  expected  local  law
  enforcement consultation.
4.  Nothing  in  this  section  shall  be  construed  as  requiring or
  obligating the department to issue a permit to take  deer  when  in  its
  opinion the nuisance, destruction of property or threat to public health
  and welfare will not be effectively abated thereby.
* NB Repealed January 1, 2027
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0524 - Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators.

§ 11-0524. Nuisance wildlife control operators.
1. No person shall charge a fee to take, possess, transport or release
  wildlife  whenever  it  becomes  a nuisance pursuant to section 11-0505,
  11-0507, 11-0521, or 11-0523 of this title unless such person  has  been
  issued a nuisance wildlife control operator license by the department.
2.  No  person  shall be issued a license by the department under this
  section  unless  he  or  she  provides  evidence  satisfactory  to   the
  department,  that  he  or  she  has  completed nuisance wildlife control
  training. In addition to any other requirements of the department,  such
  training shall include training in site evaluation, methods of resolving
  common  nuisance  wildlife  problems,  including,  but  not  limited to,
  non-lethal methods; exclusion methods; habitat modification; and capture
  and handling techniques.
3. The department may issue  a  revocable  nuisance  wildlife  control
  operator license and adopt regulations concerning the qualifications for
  such  license  and  the  terms  and conditions of such license provided,
  however,  that  any  such  regulations,  terms  and  conditions  include
  training requirements consistent with subdivision two of this section.
4.  The  fee for a nuisance wildlife control operator license shall be
  fifty dollars paid annually to be deposited  in  the  conservation  fund
  established  pursuant  to section eighty-three of the state finance law,
  provided, however, that a municipality shall not be subject to this fee.
5. Any person licensed pursuant to this section shall submit  annually
  a  report  to  the  department  which  specifies  each client's name and
  address, the date  work  was  performed,  the  species  controlled,  the
  abatement  method  used,  the  disposition  of the animal, and any other
  information as required by the department. The department shall annually
  update a list  of  nuisance  wildlife  control  operators  and  make  it
  available to the public in both printed and electronic formats.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0525 - Control of Rabies in Wildlife.

§ 11-0525. Control of rabies in wildlife.
1. Whenever the disease rabies occurs in any area of the state and the
  infection  of  wild  foxes or other wildlife populations is certified to
  exist therein by the joint determination of the Departments  of  Health,
  Agriculture    and   Markets   and   Environmental   Conservation,   and
  certification is made to the Commissioner of Environmental  Conservation
  by  the  Commissioners of Health and of Agriculture and Markets that the
  health and welfare of the human population or the health and welfare  of
  domestic  livestock are in danger therefrom, the department is thereupon
  authorized and directed to undertake through  the  use  of  professional
  trappers or by other means such fox control or wildlife control measures
  in  the  certified  area  as  in  its judgment will eliminate, reduce or
  confine the disease.
2. Such control measures shall be continued until the Commissioners of
  Health, Agriculture and Markets  and  Environmental  Conservation  shall
  jointly determine that control measures should be terminated.
3.  Necessary  expenses  for  such  control  work shall be financed by
  moneys made available by appropriation or otherwise  to  the  department
  out  of moneys in the state treasury, in the general fund, to the credit
  of the state purpose fund not otherwise appropriated.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0529 - Cats Hunting Birds; Dogs Pursuing Deer or Killing Other Wildlife in Certain Areas.

§ 11-0529. Cats  hunting  birds;  dogs  pursuing  deer  or killing other
wildlife in certain areas.
1. Any person over the age of twenty-one years  possessing  a  hunting
  license may, and environmental conservation officers and peace officers,
  acting  pursuant  to  their  special  duties,  or  police officers shall
  humanely destroy cats at large found hunting or  killing  any  protected
  wild  bird  or  with  a  dead  bird  of  any  protected  species  in its
  possession.
2. Every environmental conservation officer, forest ranger and  member
  of the state police may kill any dog (a) pursuing or killing deer within
  the  Adirondack  or Catskill parks, at any time; (b) pursuing or killing
  any game or wildlife on a state-owned game farm or wildlife  refuge;  or
  (c)  pursuing or killing any game or wildlife on a state-owned or leased
  wildlife management area, except a dog being legally  used  for  hunting
  small game or for dog training.
3.  Every  park patrolman, park ranger and member of the state police,
  county police and town police may kill any dog pursuing or killing  deer
  within any state park or state park reservation at any time.
4. At any time (a) any environmental conservation officer, dog warden,
  forest  ranger or member of the state police, anywhere in the state, (b)
  any member of any town police within the limits of  the  town  of  which
  such  member  is  an  officer,  (c) any member of the Westchester County
  Parkway police on any park, parkway or reservation owned  or  controlled
  by  the  county  of  Westchester  or (d) any member of a police force or
  department of any county, city, town or village in which such member has
  jurisdiction and is regularly employed may  kill  any  dog  pursuing  or
  killing deer and any coyote killing a domestic animal.
5.  No  action for damages shall lie against any authorized person for
  the killing of a cat, dog or coyote as provided in this section.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0531 - Bounties Prohibited.

§ 11-0531. Bounties prohibited.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, or any other law,
  rule  or  regulation  to  the  contrary,  it  shall  be unlawful for any
  department or division of  this  state,  or  any  political  subdivision
  thereof to pay bounties on the taking of wildlife, except when the state
  Department  of Health, or any local health authorities, determine that a
  given type or class of animals constitute a health hazard as carriers or
  potential carriers of disease.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0533 - Licensing of Guides.

§ 11-0533. Licensing of guides.
1.  As  used in this section, the term "guide" shall mean a person who
  offers services for hire  part  or  all  of  which  includes  directing,
  instructing,  or  aiding  another  in fishing, hunting, camping, hiking,
  white water canoeing, rafting or rock and ice climbing.
2. All guides engaging in the business of guiding  on  all  lands  and
  waters  of  the  state shall possess a license issued by the department,
  except for any persons operating or assisting upon a public  vessel  for
  hire  (passenger  carrying vessels), licensed by the United States Coast
  Guard or New York state, upon the Atlantic Ocean and  all  other  marine
  and  coastal  waters,  tidal waters including the Hudson river up to the
  Troy barrier dam, St. Lawrence river,  Great  Lakes  and  the  navigable
  portion  of their tributaries, and other navigable waters, as determined
  by the department.
3. Except while guiding for the purposes of hunting and/or fishing, no
  license as defined in section 11-0701 is required for such acts.
4. Employees of children's camps as  defined  in  subdivision  one  of
  section  one  thousand  four  hundred  of the public health law shall be
  exempt from the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this  section,
  provided  such  activities  are  carried  out  within  the scope of said
  employment.
5. A license as required under subdivision two of this  section  shall
  be issued for a period of five calendar years and the fee therefor shall
  be established by the department, not to exceed two hundred dollars.
6.  Every  licensed guide while engaged in guiding shall wear in plain
  sight identification furnished by the department. Licensed guides  shall
  be  at  least eighteen years of age. They shall be skilled in the use of
  boats and canoes whenever use of these craft is required  and  shall  be
  persons  competent  to  guide  one  or  more  of the following: camping,
  hunting, fishing, hiking, white  water  canoeing/rafting,  rock  or  ice
  climbing or other similar activities. The department shall by regulation
  establish standards and procedures for testing and licensing of guides.
7.  Any  licensed  guide who violates any provision of this chapter or
  who makes any false statement in his application for a license shall  in
  addition  to  any  other penalties, immediately surrender his license to
  the department, which may be revoked by the department  for  up  to  one
  year following the date of such surrender.
8. The department shall publish a list of guides annually.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0535 - Endangered and Threatened Species, Species of Special Concern.

§ 11-0535. Endangered   and   threatened  species,  species  of  special
concern.
1. For the purposes of this section, "endangered species"  shall  mean
  those  species  of fish, shellfish, crustacea and wildlife designated by
  the department, by regulation filed with  the  Secretary  of  State,  as
  seriously  threatened  with  extinction, "threatened species" shall mean
  those species of fish and wildlife  designated  by  the  department,  by
  regulation filed with the Secretary of State, which are likely to become
  endangered  species  within  the  foreseeable future throughout all or a
  significant portion of their range, and  "species  of  special  concern"
  shall  mean  those  species  of  fish  and  wildlife  designated  by the
  department, by regulation filed with the Secretary of State,  which  are
  found  by  the  department  to  be at risk of becoming threatened in New
  York. Such regulation shall include, but not be limited  to,  endangered
  and  threatened  species  as  so  designated  by  the  Secretary  of the
  Interior, provided, however, that  such  regulation  shall  take  effect
  sixty  days  after  it  has  been filed with the Secretary of State, and
  provided, further, that any  endangered  or  threatened  species  as  so
  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  the Interior shall be subject to the
  restrictions  of  this  section,  regardless  of  the  removal  of  such
  designation  as  an endangered or threatened species by the Secretary of
  the Interior. The commissioner may  exclude  any  such  species  as  the
  commissioner   may   determine  after  investigation  to  be  no  longer
  endangered or threatened from the restrictions of this section.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this  chapter,  the  taking,
  importation,  transportation,  possession  or  sale of any endangered or
  threatened species of fish, shellfish, crustacea or wildlife,  or  hides
  or  other  parts  thereof, or the sale or possession with intent to sell
  any article made in whole or in part from the skin, hide or other  parts
  of any endangered or threatened species of fish, shellfish, crustacea or
  wildlife  is  prohibited,  except  under  license  or  permit  from  the
  department.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department
  may promulgate regulations to the taking,  importation,  transportation,
  possession  or  sale of any species of special concern as the department
  deems necessary for the proper protection of such species.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife › Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or › 11-0535-A - Illegal Ivory Articles and Rhinoceros Horns.

§ 11-0535-a. Illegal ivory articles and rhinoceros horns.
1. As used in this section:
a.  "Distribute"  means  a  transfer  or  change in possession with an
  accompanying change in legal ownership.
b. "Ivory article" means any item containing worked or raw ivory  from
  any species of elephant or mammoth.
c.  "Raw  ivory"  means  any  elephant  or mammoth tusk, and any piece
  thereof, the surface of which, polished, or unpolished, is unaltered  or
  minimally carved.
d.  "Worked  ivory"  means any elephant or mammoth tusk, and any piece
  thereof, which is not raw ivory.
2. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision three of this  section,
  no  person  shall  sell,  offer  for  sale,  purchase,  trade, barter or
  distribute an ivory article or rhinoceros horn.
3. Unless  such  activity  is  prohibited  by  federal  law,  rule  or
  regulation, the commissioner may issue licenses or permits for the sale,
  offering for sale, purchase, trading, bartering or distribution of ivory
  articles or rhinoceros horns, provided that:
a. the ivory article or rhinoceros horn is part of a bona fide antique
  and  is  less  than  twenty  percent  by volume of such antique, and the
  antique status of such antique is established by  the  owner  or  seller
  thereof  with historical documentation evidencing provenance and showing
  the antique to be not less then one hundred years old;
b. the distribution or change of possession of the  ivory  article  or
  rhinoceros  horn is for bona fide educational or scientific purposes, or
  to a museum chartered by the board of regents pursuant to the  education
  law  or to a museum authorized by a special charter from the legislature
  of this state; or
c. the distribution of the ivory article or rhinoceros horn  is  to  a
  legal  beneficiary of a trust or to an heir or distributee of an estate;
  or
d. the  ivory  article  or  rhinoceros  horn  is  part  of  a  musical
  instrument,  including,  without limitation, string and wind instruments
  and pianos, and the owner or seller provides historical documentation as
  the department may require, demonstrating  provenance  and  showing  the
  item was manufactured no later than nineteen hundred seventy-five.