S 7768: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation from December 31, 2025 until December 31, 2028 to adopt by regulation measures for the management of hard clams, soft or steamer clams or razor clams.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7768 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE May 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. C. RYAN -- (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 clams The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 8 of section 13-0325 of the environmental 2 conservation law, as amended by chapter 369 of the laws of 2022, is 3 amended to read as follows: 4 8. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand 5 [twenty-five] twenty-eight, adopt by regulation measures for the manage- 6 ment of hard clams (Mercenaria mercenaria), soft or steamer clams (Mya 7 arenaria), and razor clams (Ensis sp.), including size limits, catch and 8 possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, restrictions 9 on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for permits and eligi- 10 bility therefor, recordkeeping and identification 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. 15 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09953-01-5