Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to manage American shad

Where it stands

Signed into law.

Environmental Conservation · New York State Assembly

Also referred to Environmental Conservation · New York State Senate.

Purpose, from the sponsor's memo

Section 1 of this bill amends Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) § 13-0339-a(1)(e) to extend, until December 31, 2028, DEC's authority to fix by regulation measures for the management of American shad (Alosa sapidissima). Section 2 of this bill provides that the bill shall take effect imme- diately. Justification: DEC's regulatory authority for American shad is necessary in order to preserve the current regulatory program. Failure to extend the existing regulatory authority by December 31, 2025 will result in the loss of regulatory protection for American shad. American shad are managed pursuant to the Interstate Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Shad and River Herring adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC). This bill would extend DEC's regu- latory authority for American shad 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 manage- ment policy, provides that one of the State's objectives shall be the management of the State's transboundary and migratory species consistent with any interjurisdictional management plans, interstate or state-fed- eral. Moreover, failure to make necessary regulatory changes as may be required by an applicable FMP could result in the closure of New York's American shad fishery. In March of 2010, to allow for stock recovery, DEC closed both the recreational and commercial American shad fisheries in the Marine District and the Hudson River and tributaries north of the George Wash- ington Bridge. New York's ability to adopt these regulatory amendments allowed New York to act quickly in response to the most recent stock assessment showing the American shad population was at an all-time low.

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Recorded votes

• Vote: Floor vote

  NY SenateJun 4, 2025Result: passedSenate vote on A8487, the matching Assembly bill.

  Voted yes (58)Voted no (0)Voted present (0)Absent (5)

  See member positions for the vote on Jun 4, 2025 (Floor vote)

• Vote: Committee vote · Environmental Conservation

  Senate Environmental ConservationMay 13, 2025Result: passed

  Voted yes (11)Voted no (0)Voted present (0)Absent (0)

  See member positions for the vote on May 13, 2025 (Committee vote · Environmental Conservation)

Full history

1. Jul 29, 2025

   Sent to the executive

   DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR

   NY Assembly

2. Jul 29, 2025

   Signed

   SIGNED CHAP.202

   NY Assembly

3. Jun 4, 2025

   3RD Reading CAL.1062

   3RD READING CAL.1062

   NY Senate

4. Jun 4, 2025

   Passed a chamber

   PASSED SENATE

   NY Senate

5. Jun 4, 2025

   Substituted

   SUBSTITUTED BY A8487

   NY Senate

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