New York S 4289: Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs, and prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes

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S04289 Summary:

BILL NOS04289 

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SAME ASSAME AS A04997

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SPONSORHOYLMAN-SIGAL

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COSPNSRHARCKHAM, RAMOS, SALAZAR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §13-0331, En Con L

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Extends DEC's authority to regulate management of crabs to 12/31/2027; prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes.

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BILL NOS04289 

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02/03/2025REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

05/28/20251ST REPORT CAL.1375

05/29/20252ND REPORT CAL.

06/04/2025ADVANCED TO THIRD READING 

06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED BY A4997

&nbspA04997 AMEND= Glick

&nbsp02/10/2025referred to environmental conservation

&nbsp05/20/2025reported referred to codes

&nbsp05/28/2025reported referred to rules

&nbsp05/29/2025reported 

&nbsp05/29/2025rules report cal.313

&nbsp05/29/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.313

&nbsp06/05/2025passed assembly

&nbsp06/05/2025delivered to senate

&nbsp06/05/2025REFERRED TO RULES

&nbsp06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S4289

&nbsp06/11/20253RD READING CAL.1375

&nbsp06/11/2025PASSED SENATE

&nbsp06/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY

&nbsp12/08/2025delivered to governor

&nbsp12/19/2025signed chap.653

&nbsp12/19/2025approval memo.35

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4289

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HOYLMAN-SIGAL, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
 mental Conservation

 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
 extending certain provisions relating to the department of environ-
 mental conservation's regulation of crabs, and to prohibiting the
 taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 7 of section 13-0331 of the environmental
 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of 2022, is
 3 amended to read as follows:
 4 7. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand
 5 [twenty-four] twenty-seven, fix by regulation measures for the manage-
 6 ment of crabs of any kind including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.),
 7 including minimum and maximum size limits, catch and possession limits,
 8 open and closed seasons including lunar closures, closed areas,
 9 restrictions on the manner of taking and landing including a prohibition
 10 on the harvest of crabs in amplexus, requirements for permits and eligi-
 11 bility therefor, recordkeeping requirements, requirements on the amount
 12 and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans-
 13 portation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no
 14 less restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter and
 15 provided further that such regulations are consistent with the compli-
 16 ance requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the
 17 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable
 18 provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal
 19 Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).
 20 § 2. Subdivisions 1, 7 and 8 of section 13-0331 of the environmental
 21 conservation law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 447 of the laws of
 22 2017, subdivision 7 as amended by section one of this act, and subdivi-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07626-03-5

 S. 4289 2

 1 sion 8 as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 2018, are amended to read
 2 as follows:
 3 1. No person shall take crabs[, including horseshoe crabs (Limulus
 4 sp.)] for commercial purposes without first obtaining a permit from the
 5 department. For purposes of this subdivision, a presumption of "commer-
 6 cial purposes" shall be made wherein one takes or lands more than fifty
 7 crabs in any one day or sells or barters or offers for sale or barter
 8 any crabs [he or she] such person has taken. Permits shall be iss