Senate Bill S3185A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes

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Current Bill Status Via A10140 - Passed Senate


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S3185 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10140
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0331, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4832
2017-2018: S62
2019-2020: S48
2021-2022: S684

2023-S3185 - Summary

Prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes.

2023-S3185 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3185 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3185
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- read twice and ordered printed, and
   when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environmental Conser-
   vation
 
 AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation  to  the
   management of horseshoe crabs; and providing for the repeal of certain
   provisions of such law upon expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative findings.  The legislature hereby finds that:
   (a) The horseshoe crab stock assessments issued by the Atlantic States
 Marine Fisheries  Commission  (ASMFC)  for  the  New  York  region  have
 declined  since 2009, when the population was graded as "good". The 2013
 stock assessment graded the population as neutral, and in the 2019 stock
 assessment, the Commission downgraded the status of the  horseshoe  crab
 population  in  New  York State to "poor". Stock status was based on the
 proportion of surveys above or below the 1998  reference  points  estab-
 lished when ASMFC management of horseshoe crabs began. In the 2019 stock
 assessment, the ASMFC states that, "Continued declines in abundance were
 evident  in  the  New  York  and  New England regions. Decreased harvest
 quotas in Delaware Bay have potentially  redirected  harvest  to  nearby
 regions. Current harvest within the New England and New York regions may
 not  be  sustainable.  Continued  precautionary  management is therefore
 recommended coast-wide to anticipate effects of redirecting harvest from
 Delaware Bay to outlying populations."
   (b) The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)  has
 also  determined that the horseshoe crab meets the Red List criteria and
 is  vulnerable  to  local  extinction.  The  IUCN  stated,   "Population
 reductions  in  Limulus  have  occurred  over  much of its range, but in
 particular within the Mid-Atlantic region. The cause is understood to be
 over-harvest, which has been corrected through active management  inter-
 vention  over much of the range. An assessment of population trend indi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07610-01-3
              

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2023-S3185A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10140
Law Section:
Environmental Conservation Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §13-0331, En Con L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S4832
2017-2018: S62
2019-2020: S48
2021-2022: S684

2023-S3185A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Prohibits the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedical purposes.

2023-S3185A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S3185A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  3185--A
     Cal. No. 638
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 30, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  HOYLMAN-SIGAL, HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Environ-
   mental Conservation -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Environmental
   Conservation  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported
   favorably from said committee, ordered to  first  and  second  report,
   ordered  to  a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining
   its place in the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the  environmental  conservation  law,  in  relation  to
   prohibiting  the taking of horseshoe crabs for commercial and biomedi-
   cal purposes
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1, 7 and 8 of section 13-0331 of the environ-
 mental conservation law, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 447 of  the
 laws  of  2017,  subdivision  7 as amended by chapter 243 of the laws of
 2022 and subdivision 8 as amended by chapter 21 of the laws of 2018, are
 amended to read as follows:
   1. No person shall take crabs[,  including  horseshoe  crabs  (Limulus
 sp.)]  for commercial purposes without first obtaining a permit from the
 department. For purposes of this subdivision, a presumption of  "commer-
 cial  purposes" shall be made wherein one takes or lands more than fifty
 crabs in any one day or sells or barters or offers for  sale  or  barter
 any  crabs  he  or she has taken. Permits shall be issued to individuals
 only but may be endorsed for use on a vessel, in  which  case  it  shall
 cover all persons on board such vessel.
   7.  The  department  may,  until  December  thirty-first, two thousand
 [twenty-four] TWENTY-SIX, fix by regulation measures for the  management
 of  crabs  of  any  kind [including], EXCLUDING horseshoe crabs (Limulus
 sp.), including minimum and maximum size limits,  catch  and  possession
 limits,  open and closed seasons including lunar closures, closed areas,
 restrictions on the manner of taking and landing including a prohibition
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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