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A08658 Summary:

A08658 Actions:

A08658 Committee Votes:

Committee:ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   Chair:Glick      
DATE:05/28/2025AYE/NAY:29/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Glick
Aye
Simpson
Aye
Colton
Aye
Smullen
Aye
Otis
Aye
Tague
Aye
Williams
Excused
Manktelow
Aye
Barrett
Aye
Brown
Aye
Carroll
Aye
Lemondes
Aye
Epstein
Aye
Slater
Aye
McMahon
Aye
Bailey
Aye
Burdick
Aye
Sempolinski
Aye
Lunsford
Aye
Kelles
Aye
Gonzalez-Rojas
Aye
Septimo
Aye
Lee
Aye
Levenberg
Aye
Simone
Aye
Anderson
Aye
Conrad
Aye
Lasher
Aye
Schiavoni
Aye
Kassay
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Glick      
DATE:05/29/2025AYE/NAY:27/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Cook
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Glick
Aye
Ra
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Reilly
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Smith
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Jensen
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Excused
Lupardo
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
Davila
Excused
Hyndman
Aye
Rozic
Excused
Bronson
Aye
Hevesi
Aye
Hunter
Aye
Taylor
Aye
Cruz
Aye
Vanel
Aye

A08658 Floor Votes:

A08658 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
 submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)



 
BILL NUMBER: A8658
 
SPONSOR: Kassay

 
TITLE OF BILL:
 
An act to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to
extending the authority of the department of environmental conservation
to manage alewife
 
 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
 
The purpose of this bill is to extend the authority of the Department of
Environmental Conservation (DEC) to manage alewife.
 
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
 
Section 1 of this bill amends Environmental Conservation Law. (ECL) §
13-0339-a(1)(f) to extend, until December 31, 2028, DEC's authority to
fix by regulation measures for the management of alewife (Alosa pseudo-
harengus).
 
Section 2 of this bill provides that the bill shall take effect imme-
diately.
 
 
JUSTIFICATION:
 
DEC's regulatory authority for alewife is necessary in order to preserve
the current regulatory program. Failure to extend the existing regulato-
ry authority by December 31, 2025 will result in the loss of regulatory
protection for alewife.
 
Alewife (known collectively with blueback herring as "river herring")
are managed pursuant to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for
Shad and River Herring adopted by Atlantic State Marine Fishery Commis-
sion (ASMFC). This bill would extend DEC's regulatory authority for
alewife for an additional three years, and ensure that DEC continues to
maintain compliance with the FMP. ECL § 13-0105, which sets forth the
marine fisheries conservation and management policy, provides that one
of the State's objectives shall be the management of the State's trans-
boundary and migratory species consistent with any interjurisdictional
management plans, interstate or state-federal. Moreover, failure to make
necessary regulatory changes as may be required by an applicable FMP
could result in the closure of New York's fishery foi that species.
 
In 2010, ASFMC amended the Shad and River Herring FMP to prevent further
declines in river herring populations, and to ensure § 13-0339-a allowed
DEC to timely adopt measures needed to comply with changes to the FMP.
 
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
 
DEC's authority was last extended by Chapter 298 of the Laws of 2022.
 
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
 
None.
 
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

A08658 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          8658
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 23, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. KASSAY -- (at request of the Department of Envi-
          ronmental Conservation) -- read once and referred 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 alewife

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Paragraph f of subdivision 1 of section  13-0339-a  of  the
     2  environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 298 of the laws of
     3  2022, is amended to read as follows:
     4    f.  alewife  (Alosa  pseudoharengus)  until December thirty-first, two
     5  thousand [twenty-five] twenty-eight,
     6    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD09963-01-5