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2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0303 - Tax on State-Owned Underwater Lands Held Under Lease or Franchise for Shellfish Cultivation.

§ 13-0303. Tax  on  state-owned  underwater  lands  held  under lease or
franchise for shellfish cultivation.
1. Tax. There shall be an annual tax of one dollar  per  acre  on  all
  state-owned   underwater   lands   held   by   franchise  for  shellfish
  cultivation. The tax shall be levied  and  assessed  by  the  department
  before  February  1  each  year  on  such  lands held on August 1 of the
  preceding year. Written notice shall be mailed to each  grantee  showing
  the  number  of  acres  so  assessed  and the amount of tax thereon. The
  department shall keep an assessment book showing annually the names  and
  addresses  of  all  grantees,  the  number and location of acres held by
  each, the amount of tax payable and date and amount of any tax paid.
2. Payment. Such tax shall be paid on or before  April  1  each  year.
  Such  tax  shall  be a first lien upon all the property subject thereto,
  including the shellfish thereon from February 1 in the year levied.
3. Collection of tax. If any tax shall not be paid on or before  April
  1,  the  department  shall  issue a warrant for collection thereof, with
  interest thereon at one per centum per  month  from  the  day  such  tax
  became  due  and  payable until paid, together with all fees incurred in
  collecting such tax, and deliver such warrant  to  the  sheriff  of  the
  county  within  whose jurisdiction the lands are situate for collection.
  All moneys received by the department in payment of taxes  and  interest
  thereon  shall be accounted for and paid by it, within thirty days after
  its receipt, to the Division of Finance in the  Department  of  Taxation
  and Finance, for the benefit of the state.
4.  Reversion  of  lands  for  non-payment  of taxes. Land under water
  granted to individuals by franchise for  shellfish  cultivation  by  the
  department  shall  revert  to  state-owned  public  grounds if the owner
  defaults in payment of franchise taxes for a period of  one  year  after
  such tax became due and payable.
5.  Franchises not transferable. Franchised lands under water held for
  shellfish cultivation when returned to the state by default  in  payment
  of  taxes may not be assigned, reassigned, or transferred to a new owner
  or owners. Such lands may be leased  by  the  department  for  shellfish
  cultivation as provided in section 13-0301.
6.  Tax  in lieu of other taxes. The tax imposed by this section shall
  be in lieu of all other taxes on the property on which  it  is  imposed,
  and no other tax except as provided herein shall be levied or imposed on
  such lands, or the shellfish thereon, by any authority whatsoever.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0305 - Marking Lands Prohibited; Injury to Monuments.

§ 13-0305. Marking lands prohibited; injury to monuments.
1. No person other than the lessee or the department shall mark out or
  enclose in any manner, any state-owned lands under water for the purpose
  of planting shellfish thereon or excluding the general public therefrom.
2.  No  person  shall wilfully injure or remove any monument, stake or
  boundary marker of any kind, placed for the purpose  of  delineating  or
  locating  state  owned  shellfish  lands  except  by  authority  of  the
  department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0307 - Sanitary Surveys.

§ 13-0307. Sanitary surveys.
1.  The  department  periodically  shall  examine  all shellfish lands
  within the marine district and the Hudson  River  between  the  Governor
  Mario  M.    Cuomo  bridge  and the federal dam at Troy to ascertain the
  sanitary condition thereof in accordance  with  regulations  promulgated
  pursuant to section 13-0319 of this title.
2.  The  department,  following  an  examination,  shall certify which
  shellfish lands are in such sanitary condition  that  shellfish  thereon
  may  be  taken  for  use  as  food.  Such  lands  shall be designated as
  certified shellfish lands, and all other shellfish lands as  uncertified
  shellfish lands.
3. The department, annually, and as often as it deems necessary, shall
  publish  in  a newspaper in the county in which such lands are located a
  notice containing a  description,  in  plain  language,  of  uncertified
  shellfish  lands  and  stating that a legal description of such lands is
  available from  the  department.  The  department  shall  make  a  legal
  description  of uncertified shellfish lands available to the public upon
  request.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0310 - Northern or Lined Seahorses; Prohibited Acts.

§ 13-0310. Northern or lined seahorses; prohibited acts.
1.  No  person  shall take any northern or lined seahorse (Hippocampus
  erectus) for commercial purposes.
2. The provisions of subdivision one of this section shall  not  apply
  to  the  taking  of  seahorses  for  scientific  or educational purposes
  including, but  not  limited  to,  public  or  not-for-profit  zoos  and
  aquariums, as determined by the commissioner.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0313 - Shellfish Growers; Definition; Bed Permit.

§ 13-0313. Shellfish growers; definition; bed permit.
1.  Any  person  resident in this state one year or more may engage in
  the cultivation and marketing of shellfish subject to the provisions  of
  sections  13-0307,  13-0309, 13-0311 and 13-0319 and shall be known as a
  grower.
2. A grower shall not take shellfish, for shipping or  marketing  from
  lands  owned,  leased  or  rented  by  him,  except  upon  permit of the
  department which shall certify that  such  lands  lie  within  certified
  areas.  The department shall prescribe and furnish forms for application
  for such permits.
3. The fee for such permit shall be twenty-five cents  for  each  acre
  from  which  shellfish  are  to  be  taken;  provided, however, that the
  minimum fee shall be five dollars. Such  certificates  shall  expire  on
  December 31 of the year of issue.
4. If it appears in the public interest, the department may suspend or
  cancel any such permit.
5.  Where  lands for which such permit has been issued are found to be
  in part within an uncertified area, the department shall  issue  without
  fee, a new permit covering the remaining portion of such lands.
6.  In  case  of  assignment or transfer of rights or ownership of any
  private or leased lands under water, or  parts  thereof,  a  new  permit
  shall be required.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0317 - Shipping Tags.

§ 13-0317. Shipping tags.
All   persons   transporting,   importing,   exporting   or  otherwise
  distributing shellfish shall label or tag the  same  as  provided  under
  section 13-0319.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0319 - Shellfish Regulations.

§ 13-0319. Shellfish regulations.
The  department  may adopt regulations with respect to the harvesting,
  transplanting, relaying, receiving, possessing, transporting, importing,
  exporting, processing, buying, selling of or  otherwise  trafficking  in
  shellfish;  the  labeling  or tagging thereof; the keeping of records of
  shellfish  received,  transported  and  distributed;  the  construction,
  operation  and  maintenance  of  all  shellfish handling, processing and
  distributing establishments, including facilities and equipment and  the
  cleaning,  cleansing  and  water storage of shellfish. The provisions of
  this section relating to transplanting and relaying include but are  not
  limited  to  the removal of shellfish from uncertified growing areas and
  transplanting to certified  areas  for  subsequent  harvest  for  market
  purposes and transplanting of scallops pursuant to section 13-0327. Such
  regulations  may  provide  for  payment  of  the reasonable costs of the
  department of supervision  of  removal  of  shellfish  from  uncertified
  areas,  except  where such removal is being undertaken by a municipality
  or political subdivision. Such regulations shall  be  drawn  in  such  a
  manner  as  to  provide  adequate  sanitary  control  over all shellfish
  offered for sale and distribution in the state. Such  regulations  shall
  not  be  less  restrictive  than the minimum requirements of any federal
  agency regulating the inter-state shipment of shellfish.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0321 - Taking and Importation of Shellfish for Transplanting and Other Purposes.

§ 13-0321. Taking  and  importation  of  shellfish for transplanting and
other purposes.
1. Shellfish  may  be  taken  from  uncertified  shellfish  lands  for
  transplanting  or  other  purposes  as the department may deem advisable
  subject to supervision and regulation as provided in section 13-0319.
2. Prior to the taking from uncertified shellfish lands of this  state
  for transplanting or other purposes, a permit shall be obtained from the
  department  and  shall  be  issued  for  the  taking of shellfish from a
  specific area. Such permit shall be valid  only  during  the  period  of
  operations  in the uncertified land for which the permit was issued. The
  holder of such permit may not receive, sell, offer for sale,  transport,
  or  ship any shellfish taken pursuant to this permit, except as provided
  by regulations made pursuant to section 13-0319.
3. Shellfish from certified or uncertified  lands  without  the  state
  shall  not be transplanted in this state or imported into this state for
  such purposes unless a  permit  therefor  has  been  obtained  from  the
  department.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0323 - Oysters; Prohibited Acts.

§ 13-0323. Oysters; prohibited acts.
1.  No  person  shall sell or offer for sale, any oysters, or label or
  brand any packages containing oysters for shipment  or  sale  under  the
  name  of  blue point oysters, other than oysters which have been planted
  and cultivated at least three months in the waters of Great South Bay.
2. In no  case  shall  oysters  other  than  the  species  Crassostrea
  virginica  be  planted  or  transplanted  in  New  York  waters  without
  procuring a permit from the department.
3. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-five,  fix  by  regulation measures for the management of oysters
  (Family Ostreidae) including size limits, catch and  possession  limits,
  open  and  closed  seasons,  closed areas, restrictions on the manner of
  taking and landing, requirements for permits and  eligibility  therefor,
  recordkeeping  and  identification  requirements,  requirements  on  the
  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to
  transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations  are
  no less restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0327 - Scallops.

§ 13-0327. Scallops.
The   department   may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-four, adopt by regulation measures for the management of scallops
  (Family Pectinidae) including size limits, catch and possession  limits,
  open  and  closed  seasons,  closed areas, restrictions on the manner of
  taking and landing, requirements for permits and  eligibility  therefor,
  recordkeeping  and  identification  requirements,  requirements  on  the
  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to
  transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations  are
  no less restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0330 - Whelks or Conchs; License to Take.

§ 13-0330. Whelks or conchs; license to take.
1.  A  person  domiciled  within  the  state may take whelks or conchs
  (Busycon spp.) for commercial purposes from the waters of the state upon
  first obtaining a license from the department.
a. The department shall prescribe and furnish  forms  for  application
  for such permit.
b. The fee for such whelk license shall be thirty dollars.
2.  A  person  not  domiciled in the state who is domiciled in a state
  that provides reciprocal permits or licenses to persons domiciled in New
  York state may take whelks  or  conchs  (Busycon  spp.)  for  commercial
  purposes upon first obtaining a license from the department.
a.  The  department  shall prescribe and furnish forms for application
  for such permit.
b. The fee for such whelk license shall be fifty dollars.
3. Whelk licenses shall be non-transferable, and shall expire  on  the
  last day of December of each year.
4.  The  holder  of  a whelk license must be present and must have the
  license in possession and available for inspection at all times when the
  privileges of the license are being exercised.
5. For purposes of this section, "commercial purposes" shall mean  the
  taking or landing of twenty-five or more whelks in any one day.
6.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
  twenty-six, fix by regulation measures for the management  of  whelk  or
  conch  (Busycon  and Busycotypus spp.), including size limits, catch and
  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
  on  the  manner  of  taking  and  landing,  requirements for permits and
  eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,  requirements  on  the
  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to
  transportation,  possession and sale, provided that such regulations are
  no less restrictive than requirements set  forth  in  this  chapter  and
  provided   further   that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the
  compliance requirements of applicable fishery management  plans  adopted
  by  the  Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable
  provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to  the  Federal
  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0333 - Menhaden; Prohibited Acts.

§ 13-0333. Menhaden; prohibited acts.
Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannus) from which oil or meal is made, subject
  to  the  provisions of section 13-0343, may not be taken from the waters
  of the marine district with a purse seine; provided  however,  that  the
  department  shall have the authority to issue a temporary order allowing
  the use of purse seines  for  taking  menhaden,  pursuant  to  temporary
  permits,  if the department determines that there is an imminent risk of
  a fish kill resulting from the presence of unusually  large  amounts  of
  menhaden  in waters of the marine and coastal district in or adjacent to
  waterbody segments  that  are  characteristic  of  locations  likely  to
  experience  fish  kills  or  that  have  a  history of hypoxia. Prior to
  issuing such temporary order, the department shall first consider  other
  fishing methods authorized under this chapter, including but not limited
  to  beach  seines,  and  shall  only  issue  a  temporary  order  if the
  department  determines  that  such  other  fishing  methods   will   not
  sufficiently  mitigate  the  conditions precipitating the potential fish
  kill. Such order shall include the department's  justification  for  the
  use  of  purse seines, time, geography, and poundage specifications, and
  any other conditions that the department deems appropriate and shall  be
  posted  on  the  department's website. Following the adoption of such an
  order, the  department  may  issue  temporary  permits,  not  to  exceed
  fourteen  days  and  subject  to  the  conditions  of  the  department's
  temporary order, allowing for the harvest of menhaden.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0336 - Marine and Coastal District Party and Charter Boat License.

§ 13-0336. Marine and coastal district party and charter boat license.
1.  No  owner  or operator of a party boat or charter boat shall carry
  recreational fishing passengers in the marine and  coastal  district  or
  land  fish  taken  outside  the  territorial waters of the state without
  holding a party or charter boat license issued by the department for  an
  annual  fee  of  two  hundred  fifty  dollars  and a recreational marine
  fishing  registration  issued  by  the  department.  Such  license   and
  registration  shall  be issued only to persons domiciled in the state or
  in a state  which  affords  reciprocal  fishing  privileges  to  persons
  domiciled  in New York. Such license and registration shall be available
  on the vessel at all times. For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  party
  boats  and  charter  boats are vessels used to carry passengers for hire
  wherein a fee is charged, either directly or indirectly, for the purpose
  of taking or attempting to take marine fish for recreational purposes.
2.  Party  and  charter  boat  licenses  shall  expire   on   December
  thirty-first of each year.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0337 - Return of Fish, Crustacea and Other Animals to the Water.

§ 13-0337. Return of fish, crustacea and other animals to the water.
1.  If any fish or crustacea are unintentionally taken contrary to any
  provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Law, they shall be returned  to  the
  water at once, without unnecessary injury.
2.  Starfish,  drills (Urosalpinx cinerea), periwinkle (Litorinia) and
  drum fish (Pogonias chromis) when taken shall not be returned  alive  to
  the waters of the state.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0338 - Sharks; Department Authority; Finning Prohibited.

§ 13-0338. Sharks; department authority; finning prohibited.
1. For purposes of this section:
a.  "Shark"  means  any  species of the subclass Elasmobranchii except
  species in the order Batoidei;
b. "Finning" means the removal of a fin or fins from a shark  and  not
  retaining the remainder of the shark's carcass; and
c.  "Shark  fin"  means the raw, dried or otherwise processed detached
  fin including the tail.
2. No person shall engage in finning on the waters of the  marine  and
  coastal district.
3.  a.  No  person  shall  possess,  sell,  offer  for  sale, trade or
  distribute a shark fin; provided, however, that this  prohibition  shall
  not  apply to any shark fin that was taken from a spiny dogfish (Squalus
  acanthias) or a smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis)  lawfully  caught  by  a
  licensed commercial fisherman.
b.  A  shark  fin  may  be  possessed  by  any person if the shark was
  lawfully caught  and  the  person  has  a  recreational  marine  fishing
  registration  or  a  license or permit from the department for bona fide
  scientific research or educational purposes.
4. The department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-six,  fix  by  regulation  measures for the management of sharks,
  including size limits, catch and  possession  limits,  open  and  closed
  seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing,
  requirements   for   permits  and  eligibility  therefor,  recordkeeping
  requirements, requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort  and
  gear,  and requirements relating to transportation, possession and sale,
  provided that such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements
  set forth in this chapter and provided further that such regulations are
  consistent  with  the  compliance  requirements  of  applicable  fishery
  management  plans  adopted  by  the  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries
  Commission and with applicable provisions of  fishery  management  plans
  adopted  pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act
  (16 U.S.C. §1800 et seq.).
* 5.  Sharks,  excluding  spiny  dogfish,  shall  not  be  taken   for
  commercial  or  recreational  purposes by baited hooking except with the
  use of non-stainless steel non-offset  circle  hooks.  In  addition,  no
  person  shall  conduct,  sponsor  or participate in any shark tournament
  unless said tournament's rules and regulations require the exclusive use
  of non-stainless steel non-offset circle hooks.
* NB Repealed December 31, 2024
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0339-A - Atlantic Cod (Gadus Morhua), Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser Oxyrhynchus), Shortnose Sturgeon (Acipenser Brevirostrum), American Eel (Anguilla Rostrata), Atlantic Herring (Clupea Horengus), American Shad (Alosa Sapidissima), Alewife (Alosa Pseudoharengus), Blueback Herring (Alosa Aestivalis), Squid (Cephalopoda), And

§ 13-0339-a. Atlantic  cod  (Gadus morhua), Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser
oxyrhynchus),     shortnose      sturgeon      (Acipenser
brevirostrum), American eel (Anguilla rostrata), Atlantic
herring   (Clupea   horengus),   American   shad   (Alosa
sapidissima), alewife  (Alosa  pseudoharengus),  blueback
herring  (Alosa  aestivalis),  squid  (cephalopoda),  and
hickory shad (Alosa mediocris).
1. The department may fix, by regulation, measures for the  management
  of the following species:
a.  Atlantic  cod  (Gadus  morhua)  until  December  thirty-first, two
  thousand twenty-six,
b. American eel (Anguilla rostrata) until December  thirty-first,  two
  thousand twenty-five,
c.   Atlantic   and  shortnose  sturgeon  (Acipenser  oxyrhynchus  and
  brevirostrum) until December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-six,
d. Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) until December thirty-first, two
  thousand twenty-six,
e. American shad (Alosa sapidissima) until December thirty-first,  two
  thousand twenty-five,
f.  alewife  (Alosa  pseudoharengus)  until December thirty-first, two
  thousand twenty-five,
g. blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis)  until  December  thirty-first,
  two thousand twenty-six,
h.  squid  (cephalopoda)  until  December  thirty-first,  two thousand
  twenty-six, and
i. hickory shad (Alosa mediocris)  until  December  thirty-first,  two
  thousand twenty-five.
2.  Such  management  regulations  may  include size limits, catch and
  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
  on  the  manner  of  taking  and  landing,  requirements for permits and
  eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,  requirements  on  the
  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to
  transportation,  possession and sale, provided that such regulations are
  no less restrictive than requirements set  forth  in  this  chapter  and
  provided   further   that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the
  compliance requirements of applicable fishery management  plans  adopted
  by  the  Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable
  provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to  the  Federal
  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0340 - Bluefish (Pomatomus Saltatrix).

§ 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
The   department   may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-five, fix by regulation measures for the management  of  bluefish
  (Pomatomus  saltatrix),  including  size  limits,  catch  and possession
  limits, open and closed  seasons,  closed  areas,  restrictions  on  the
  manner  of  taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements  on  the  amount  and
  type   of   fishing  effort  and  gear,  and  requirements  relating  to
  transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations  are
  no  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set forth in this chapter and
  provided  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent   with   the
  compliance  requirements  of applicable fishery management plans adopted
  by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and  with  applicable
  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0340-A - Weakfish (Cynoscion Regalis).

§ 13-0340-a. Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis).
The   department   may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-five, fix by regulation measures for the management  of  weakfish
  (Cynoscion regalis), including size limits, catch and possession limits,
  open  and  closed  seasons,  closed areas, restrictions on the manner of
  taking and landing, requirements for permits and  eligibility  therefor,
  recordkeeping  requirements,  requirements  on  the  amount  and type of
  fishing effort and gear, and requirements  relating  to  transportation,
  possession  and  sale,  provided  that  such  regulations  are  no  less
  restrictive than requirements set forth in  this  chapter  and  provided
  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the  compliance
  requirements of applicable  fishery  management  plans  adopted  by  the
  Atlantic   States   Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and  with  applicable
  provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to  the  Federal
  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0340-B - Fluke - Summer Flounder (Paralichthys Dentatus).

§ 13-0340-b. Fluke - summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus).
The   department   may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-six, fix by regulation measures for the management  of  fluke  or
  summer  flounder  (Paralichthys  dentatus), including size limits, catch
  and  possession  limits,  open  and  closed   seasons,   closed   areas,
  restrictions  on  the  manner  of  taking  and landing, requirements for
  permits   and   eligibility   therefor,   recordkeeping    requirements,
  requirements  on  the  amount  and  type of fishing effort and gear, and
  requirements relating to transportation, possession and  sale,  provided
  that  such  regulations  are  no  less restrictive than requirements set
  forth in this chapter and provided further  that  such  regulations  are
  consistent  with  the  compliance  requirements  of  applicable  fishery
  management  plans  adopted  by  the  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries
  Commission  and  with  applicable provisions of fishery management plans
  adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management  Act
  (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0340-C - Winter Flounder (Pleuorenectes Americanus).

§ 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus).
The   department   may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-six, fix by regulation measures  for  the  management  of  winter
  flounder  (Pleuorenectes  americanus),  including size limits, catch and
  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
  on  the  manner  of  taking  and  landing,  requirements for permits and
  eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,  requirements  on  the
  amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to
  transportation,  possession and sale, provided that such regulations are
  no less restrictive than requirements set  forth  in  this  chapter  and
  provided   further   that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the
  compliance requirements of applicable fishery management  plans  adopted
  by  the  Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable
  provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to  the  Federal
  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0340-D - Blackfish or Tautog (Tautoga Onitis).

§ 13-0340-d. Blackfish or tautog (Tautoga onitis).
1.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
  twenty-five, fix by regulation measures for the management of  blackfish
  (Tautoga  onitis),  including  size limits, catch and possession limits,
  open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions  on  the  manner  of
  taking  and  landing, requirements for permits and eligibility therefor,
  recordkeeping requirements, requirements  on  the  amount  and  type  of
  fishing  effort  and  gear, and requirements relating to transportation,
  possession  and  sale,  provided  that  such  regulations  are  no  less
  restrictive  than  requirements  set  forth in this chapter and provided
  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent  with  the  compliance
  requirements  of  applicable  fishery  management  plans  adopted by the
  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries  Commission  and   with   applicable
  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2. The commercial possession limit for blackfish (tautog) shall be  25
  per trip per vessel.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0340-E - Scup (Stenotomus Chrysops).

§ 13-0340-e. Scup (Stenotomus chrysops).
The   department   may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-six, fix by  regulation  measures  for  the  management  of  scup
  (Stenotomus  chrysops),  including  size  limits,  catch  and possession
  limits, open and closed  seasons,  closed  areas,  restrictions  on  the
  manner  of  taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligibility
  therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements  on  the  amount  and
  type   of   fishing  effort  and  gear,  and  requirements  relating  to
  transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations  are
  no  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set forth in this chapter and
  provided  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent   with   the
  compliance  requirements  of applicable fishery management plans adopted
  by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and  with  applicable
  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0340-F - Black Sea Bass (Centropristis Striata).

§ 13-0340-f. Black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
The   department   may,  until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand
  twenty-six, fix by regulation measures for the management of  black  sea
  bass   (Centropristis   striata),   including  size  limits,  catch  and
  possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed  areas,  restrictions
  on  the  manner  of  taking  and  landing,  requirements for permits and
  eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,  requirements  on  the
  amount  and type of fishing effort and gear and requirements relating to
  transportation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations  are
  no  less  restrictive  than  requirements  set forth in this chapter and
  provided  further  that  such  regulations  are  consistent   with   the
  compliance  requirements  of applicable fishery management plans adopted
  by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and  with  applicable
  provisions  of  fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
  Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0340-G - Monkfish (Lophius Americanus, Lophius Reticulatus and Lophius Gastrophysus).

§ 13-0340-g. Monkfish   (Lophius  americanus,  Lophius  reticulatus  and
Lophius gastrophysus).
The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first,   two   thousand
  twenty-four,  fix  by regulation measures for the management of monkfish
  (Lophius americanus,  Lophius  reticulatus  and  Lophius  gastrophysus),
  including  size  limits,  catch  and  possession limits, open and closed
  seasons, closed areas, restrictions on the manner of taking and landing,
  requirements  for  permits  and  eligibility   therefor,   recordkeeping
  requirements,  requirements on the amount and type of fishing effort and
  gear, and requirements relating to transportation, possession and  sale,
  provided that such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements
  set forth in this chapter and provided further that such regulations are
  consistent  with  the  compliance  requirements  of  applicable  fishery
  management  plans  adopted  by  the  Atlantic  States  Marine  Fisheries
  Commission  and  with  applicable provisions of fishery management plans
  adopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management  Act
  (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0342 - Marine Fisheries Data.

§ 13-0342.  Marine fisheries data.
1. a.  The department is authorized to adopt regulations which require
  reporting of catch, effort, area fished, gear used, by-catch, and volume
  and  value  of  product  purchased  from  fishermen,  by  holders of all
  categories of commercial  food  fish,  lobster,  and  crab  fishing  and
  landing  licenses,  marine  and coastal district food fish and crustacea
  dealers and shippers licenses, marine and  coastal  district  party  and
  charter  boat license, menhaden licenses, shellfish shippers permits and
  diggers permits.
b. Beginning May first, nineteen hundred  ninety-nine  and  every  May
  first   thereafter,   the  department  shall  submit  a  report  to  the
  legislature on the data collected pursuant to this section. Such  report
  shall  include  the catch, effort, area fished, gear used, by-catch, and
  volume and value of product purchased from fishermen, by holders of  all
  categories  of  commercial  food  fish,  lobster,  and  crab fishing and
  licenses, marine and coastal district party and charter  boat  licenses,
  menhaden licenses, shellfish shippers permits and diggers permits.
2.  The  department  may,  by  rule  and regulation, provide that data
  collected by the department or available  to  the  department  shall  be
  confidential and shall not be disclosed except when required under court
  order.  The  department  may,  by  rule  and  regulation, prescribe such
  procedures as may be necessary to preserve such  confidentiality  except
  that  the  department  may  release  or make public any statistics in an
  aggregate or summary form which does not directly or indirectly disclose
  the identity or business of any person who submits such statistics.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0343-A - Fish Pots and Traps; Restrictions.

§ 13-0343-a. Fish pots and traps; restrictions.
1.  No  person shall utilize commercial fishing gear commonly known as
  "fish pots" or "fish traps" within five hundred feet of  any  artificial
  reef.  The  department  may  publish a list of artificial reef sites and
  locations where the placing of pots or traps is prohibited.
2. The department may regulate the use and design of "fish  pots"  and
  "fish  traps",  including,  but  not  limited to, the following matters:
  design, including, but  not  limited  to,  identification  and  marking;
  configuration  and  material composition; requirements for escape panels
  and/or vents; restrictions on the total number of traps or pots that may
  be  fished  individually  or  collectively;  and  in  addition  to   the
  restrictions  contained  in subdivision one of this section, those areas
  where such pots or traps may not be used.
3. The department may require those  who  hold  licenses  pursuant  to
  section  13-0335  of  this  title  to  first  obtain  a  permit from the
  department to set, operate, maintain or use "fish pots" or "fish traps".
  The department may restrict the number of  permits  issued  pursuant  to
  this section.
4.  This  section  shall  not  apply  to any "fish pot" or "fish trap"
  exempted under section 13-0335 of this title.  Any  rule  or  regulation
  proposed  or  adopted  pursuant to this section shall be consistent with
  the provisions of section 13-0105 of this article. The  commissioner  is
  authorized to promulgate such rules or regulations as he deems necessary
  to implement this section.
5.  No  person  shall return a fish pot or trap which contains fish to
  the water.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0344 - Fish, Shellfish and Crustacea; Dumping.

§ 13-0344. Fish, shellfish and crustacea; dumping.
It shall be unlawful for any person who has been requested or signaled
  to  stop by any police or peace officer, to throw or dump into the water
  any fish, shellfish or crustacea, or the  contents  of  any  pail,  bag,
  barrel  or  any  container which may be used in the taking or storage of
  fish, shellfish or crustacea, or any implements used in  the  taking  of
  fish,  shellfish  or  crustacea  before such police or peace officer has
  inspected the same.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0345 - Protection of Waters; Cesspools and Drains.

§ 13-0345. Protection of waters; cesspools and drains.
1.  Sludge,  acid  or  refuse  from  oil  works, sugar houses or other
  manufactories, sewage or any substance injurious to shellfish culture or
  fish, or which shall in any manner affect the flavor,  odor,  color,  or
  sanitary  condition  of  such  shellfish so as to injuriously affect the
  sale thereof, or which shall cause any injury to the public and  private
  shell  fisheries  of  this  state, shall not be placed or allowed to run
  into waters of the state in the marine district.
2. Garbage, cinders, ashes, oils, acids, sludge or refuse of any  kind
  shall  not  be thrown, dumped or permitted to run into the waters of the
  marine district.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0347 - Management of Striped Bass in Marine Waters.

§ 13-0347. Management of striped bass in marine waters.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary:
1.  Striped  Bass  (Morone  saxatilis)  taken  by  hook  and  line for
  recreational purposes, shall not be possessed, bought, sold  or  offered
  for sale when less than twenty-four inches in total length.
2.  Striped bass less than twenty-four inches in total length taken by
  other methods including but not limited to gill nets,  haul  seines  and
  trawl nets shall not be possessed, bought, sold or offered for sale.
3.  All  other  striped bass less than legal size shall be returned to
  the water immediately without unnecessary injury.
4. No person shall take or land striped bass in the marine  waters  of
  New  York state during the period December 15 to April 15 inclusive. For
  purposes of this section "marine waters" means the tidal waters  of  the
  state  including  the  Hudson  River  from  the  Battery  to  the George
  Washington bridge, and "land" shall mean the setting or putting on shore
  from any boat or vessel or to bring to any port  or  docking  place  any
  striped  bass.  Possession  of striped bass imported into New York other
  than by boat is not prohibited during the closed season so long as  such
  striped  bass  are  of  legal minimum size. Striped bass unintentionally
  taken in violation of this subdivision shall be returned  to  the  water
  immediately without unnecessary injury.
6.  In  all  waters from the Robert F. Kennedy bridge west through the
  East River, Harlem River and those portions of the Hudson River south of
  the George Washington bridge to a line  drawn  from  Rockaway  Point  to
  Romer  Shoals lighthouse, no person shall use a net to take fish, except
  that landing nets and nets of not more than 10 feet in length,  operated
  by  hand, may be used to take bait and shrimp, and cast nets may be used
  to take Atlantic menhaden and mullets as provided in subdivision one  of
  section 13-0343 of this title.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0349 - Taking of Fish for Commercial Purposes.

§ 13-0349. Taking of fish for commercial purposes.
1.  No  person  shall take food fish, shellfish, or crustacea from the
  waters of the marine and coastal district for commercial purposes  using
  a  commercial  fishing  vessel  longer  than  seventy feet in registered
  length. For purposes of this section a person shall be  presumed  to  be
  taking  food  fish,  shellfish or crustacea for commercial purposes when
  setting, maintaining, operating or using nets, except seines not  larger
  than  thirty  feet  long  or four feet deep or lift nets not larger than
  sixteen square feet; traps, except  bait  traps  not  more  than  thirty
  inches  in  length;  combs;  dredges;  pots; or hook and line, except by
  angling.
2. However, vessels  being  used  to  take  food  fish,  shellfish  or
  crustacea  from  the  waters of the marine and coastal district prior to
  July first, nineteen hundred  ninety-seven  shall  be  exempt  from  the
  registered length requirement and the department shall publish a list of
  such  vessels.  In  addition,  such  vessels  which are exempt from such
  seventy foot in registered length  requirement,  and  are  on  the  list
  published  pursuant  to  this  section,  shall  also  be permitted to be
  replaced one time without loss of such exemption.
3. All vessels of sixty-three feet or greater registered length may be
  replaced one time  by  a  new  vessel  of  up  to  ten  percent  greater
  registered length.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 3 - Marine Fisheries › 13-0360 - Special Management Areas.

§ 13-0360. Special management areas.
1. For purposes of this section:
(a) "artificial reef" shall mean a hard structure, deliberately placed
in  a  marine  or  coastal  water  body  for  the  purpose  of imitating
environmental conditions found on natural underwater rock  outcroppings,
shellfish reefs or coral reefs; and
(b)  "wreck"  shall mean an abandoned shipwreck which occurred through
an accidental circumstance or deliberate scuttling or sinking  that  was
not part of artificial reef construction activities.
2.  For  the  purposes of protecting reef ecosystems and managing reef
fisheries, the department is  hereby  authorized  to  adopt  regulations
which  designate as a special management area any area of the marine and
coastal district which contains artificial reefs  or  wrecks  simulating
artificial reefs together with the surrounding areas where the biota are
dependent upon the physical characteristics of the reef.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department
may,   until  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand  twenty-six,  adopt
regulations restricting the taking of fish, shellfish and  crustacea  in
any  special  management  area designated pursuant to subdivision two of
this section. Such regulations may restrict  the  manner  of  taking  of
fish,  shellfish  and  crustacea  in such areas and the landing of fish,
shellfish  and  crustacea  which  have  been   taken   therefrom.   Such
regulations shall be consistent with all relevant federal and interstate
fisheries  management  plans  and with the marine fisheries conservation
and management policy set forth in section 13-0105 of this article.
2023 New York Laws › ENV - Environmental Conservation › Article 13 - Marine and Coastal Resources › Title 5 - The Marine and Coastal District of New York Conservation, Education, and Research Grants Program › 13-0501 - Marine and Coastal District of New York Conservation, Education, and Research Grants Program.

§  13-0501.  Marine  and  coastal  district  of  New York conservation,
education, and research grants program.
1. There is hereby  created  within  the  department  the  marine  and
coastal  district  of  New  York  conservation,  education, and research
grants program. The program shall  make  grants  available  to  eligible
recipients  for  conservation, research, and education projects relating
to such marine and coastal district. For purposes  of  this  title,  the
term   "eligible  recipients"  shall  mean  not-for-profit  corporations
located within New York state whose purpose is to promote sport fishing,
increase  participation  in  recreational   angling,   increase   public
awareness  and  appreciation  of  aquatic  natural  resources, encourage
conservation of fisheries resources, or promote research relating to the
marine and coastal district of New York.
2. The grants program may  include  funding  for  programs  containing
elements such as, but not limited to, the following:
(a) educational programs which raise public awareness and appreciation
of  the  need for protecting, conserving, and restoring the state of New
York's aquatic natural resources.
(b) research relating to the marine and coastal district of New York.
(c) production of informational  materials  in  print,  audio,  video,
electronic, or other media.
(d)   production   and   distribution   of  exhibits,  public  service
announcements, and advertisements.
(e)  programs  which  promote  angling  and  sport   fishing   through
information and/or training.
3.  The  commissioner may accept grants from public or private sources
for the program. Any such monies shall be deposited in  the  marine  and
coastal  district of New York conservation, education, and research fund
established pursuant to section ninety-five-c of the state finance  law.
The   commissioner,   in  administering  this  section,  shall  seek  to
coordinate the program with other public and private  efforts,  and  may
undertake  joint  or  cooperative  programs with other public or private
entities.
4. The commissioner shall make rules  and  regulations  necessary  and
appropriate for the implementation of this section.