S 10072 NY
Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder
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Summary
This bill extends the authority of the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to manage winter flounder by amending the Environmental Conservation Law. The bill changes the expiration date of the Department's management authority for winter flounder from December 31, 2026, to December 31, 2029, extending the authority for an additional three years. The authority includes the ability to set regulations for size limits, catch and possession limits, seasons, closed areas, fishing restrictions, permit requirements, recordkeeping, fishing effort and gear requirements, and transportation and sale requirements, consistent with applicable fishery management plans. The bill takes effect immediately.
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Official abstract
Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder to 12/31/2029.
Sponsor (1)
- Erik Bottcher Democratic · primary
Action history (11)
- Apr 27, 2026 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION · upper
- May 5, 2026 1ST REPORT CAL.963 · upper
- May 6, 2026 2ND REPORT CAL. · upper
- May 7, 2026 ADVANCED TO THIRD READING · upper
- May 19, 2026 PASSED SENATE · upper
- May 19, 2026 DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY · upper
- May 19, 2026 REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION · lower
- May 28, 2026 SUBSTITUTED FOR A11355 · lower
- May 28, 2026 ORDERED TO THIRD READING RULES CAL.196 · lower
- May 28, 2026 PASSED ASSEMBLY · lower
- May 28, 2026 RETURNED TO SENATE · lower
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Bill No.: Summary Actions Committee Votes Floor Votes Memo Text LFIN Chamber Video/Transcript S10072 Summary: BILL NO S10072   SAME AS SAME AS A11355
  SPONSOR BOTTCHER   COSPNSR   MLTSPNSR   Amd §13-0340-c, En Con L   Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage winter flounder to 12/31/2029.
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STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________
10072
IN SENATE
April 27, 2026 ___________
Introduced by Sen. BOTTCHER -- (at request of the Department of Environ- mental Conservation) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to extending the authority of the department of environmental conserva- tion to manage winter flounder
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 13-0340-c of the environmental conservation law, as 2 amended by chapter 321 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 § 13-0340-c. Winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus). 5 The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [ twen- 6 ty-six ] twenty-nine , fix by regulation measures for the management of 7 winter flounder (Pleuorenectes americanus), including size limits, catch 8 and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, 9 restrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for 10 permits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, require- 11 ments on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and require- 12 ments relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided that 13 such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set forth in 14 this chapter and provided further that such regulations are consistent 15 with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery management plans 16 adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with 17 applicable provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to 18 the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et 19 seq.). 20 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD14998-01-6
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