13-0503 – Marine and Coastal District of New York Conservation, Education, and Research Board.
§ 13-0503. Marine and coastal district of New York conservation, education, and research board. 1. There is hereby established in the department the marine and coastal district of New York conservation, education, and research board to be composed of three members, one of whom shall be appointed by the governor, one of whom shall be […]
13-0701 – Short Title.
§ 13-0701. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as the seagrass protection act.
13-0703 – Definitions.
§ 13-0703. Definitions. 1. “Coastal community” shall mean a municipal corporation, as defined in section two of the general municipal law, in Nassau and Suffolk counties. 2. “Seagrass” shall mean rooted, vascular, flowering marine plants that are submerged in New York’s bays and coastal waters, including Zostera marina and Ruppia maritima.
13-0705 – Departmental Responsibilities.
§ 13-0705. Departmental responsibilities. 1. The department shall designate seagrass management areas. Designation of such areas shall include consideration, on a geographic or estuarine basis, of likely threats to seagrass. 2. For each designated seagrass management area, the department shall develop and adopt a seagrass management plan to guide the development of rules and regulations […]
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 […]
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 […]
13-0350 – Marine Resources Advisory Council.
§ 13-0350. Marine resources advisory council. 1. Legislative intent. The legislature hereby finds and declares that the finfish and shellfish industry in this state plays a vital part in the economy of the state in general and the Long Island region in particular. By establishing the marine resources advisory council the legislature publicly declares its […]
13-0355 – Recreational Marine Fishing Registration.
§ 13-0355. Recreational marine fishing registration. 1. Definitions of registrations; privileges. A recreational marine fishing registration entitles the holder who is sixteen years of age or older to take fish from the waters of the marine and coastal district and to take migratory fish of the sea from all waters of the state, except as […]
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 […]
13-0371 – Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact.
§ 13-0371. Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact. 1. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact as first enacted by chapter 500 of the laws of 1941, and as reenacted by chapter 474 of the laws of 1961, is hereby continued. The compact is as follows: ATLANTIC STATES MARINE FISHERIES COMPACT The contracting states solemnly agree: Article […]