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S 7773: Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage bluefish from 2025 to 2028.
What S 7773 does, verified September 28, 2025
The bill aims to extend the authority of the Department of Environmental Conservation to manage bluefish. The department will have the power to establish regulations for bluefish management, including size limits, catch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas, and restrictions on the manner of taking and landing. These regulations must be consistent with federal fishery management plans and comply with applicable state and federal requirements. The regulations will take effect immediately.
Bill journey
1IntroducedCurrent
2In CommitteePending
3First Chamber FloorPending
4Second ChamberPending
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: SUBSTITUTED BY A8486 (2025-06-04)Alert me
Quick answers about S 7773
- What is the current status of S 7773?
- As of September 28, 2025, S 7773 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on June 4, 2025, was "SUBSTITUTED BY A8486".
- Did S 7773 pass?
- Not yet. S 7773 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote S 7773, and where is it now?
- S 7773 was authored by Sen. Patricia Fahy.
Author and sponsors
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| Jun. 04, 2025 | SUBSTITUTED BY A8486 |
| May. 15, 2025 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING |
| May. 14, 2025 | 2ND REPORT CAL. |
| May. 13, 2025 | 1ST REPORT CAL.1064 |
| May. 06, 2025 | REFERRED TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, May 6, 2025 · 306 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7773 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. FAHY -- (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 bluefish The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 13-0340 of the environmental conservation law, as 2 amended by chapter 307 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 § 13-0340. Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix). 5 The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand [twen-6ty-five] twenty-eight, fix by regulation measures for the management of 7 bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), 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 requirements, requirements on the amount 11 and type of fishing effort and gear, and requirements relating to trans- 12 portation, possession and sale, provided that such regulations are no 13 less restrictive than requirements set forth in this chapter and 14 provided further that such regulations are consistent with the compli- 15 ance requirements of applicable fishery management plans adopted by the 16 Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and with applicable 17 provisions of fishery management plans adopted pursuant to the Federal 18 Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.). 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09955-01-5
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