N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 13-0342: Marine fisheries data

§ 13-0342. Marine fisheries data.

1. a. The department is authorized to adopt regulations which require

reporting of catch, effort, area fished, gear used, by-catch, and volume

and value of product purchased from fishermen, by holders of all

categories of commercial food fish, lobster, and crab fishing and

landing licenses, marine and coastal district food fish and crustacea

dealers and shippers licenses, marine and coastal district party and

charter boat license, menhaden licenses, shellfish shippers permits and

diggers permits.

b. Beginning May first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine and every May

first thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the

legislature on the data collected pursuant to this section. Such report

shall include the catch, effort, area fished, gear used, by-catch, and

volume and value of product purchased from fishermen, by holders of all

categories of commercial food fish, lobster, and crab fishing and

licenses, marine and coastal district party and charter boat licenses,

menhaden licenses, shellfish shippers permits and diggers permits.

2. The department may, by rule and regulation, provide that data

collected by the department or available to the department shall be

confidential and shall not be disclosed except when required under court

order. The department may, by rule and regulation, prescribe such

procedures as may be necessary to preserve such confidentiality except

that the department may release or make public any statistics in an

aggregate or summary form which does not directly or indirectly disclose

the identity or business of any person who submits such statistics.