N.Y. ENV Law § 11-0517
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Taking for propagation and stocking; fish hindering propagation of food fish or shellfish
Official statutory text
§ 11-0517. Taking for propagation and stocking; fish hindering\n propagation of food fish or shellfish.\n 1. The department may take, or it may permit any person to take\nwildlife for propagation or stocking purposes, or fish or shellfish for\npropagation purposes.\n 2. It may also remove, or permit to be removed, in any manner it may\nprescribe, from either public or private waters, fish or shellfish which\nhinder the propagation of food fish or shellfish, or which are in\nimminent danger of being killed by pollution or otherwise. Such fish or\nshellfish shall be disposed of as the department may direct.\n 3. No person shall take fish within one hundred feet of any leader or\nnet operated by the department or permitted under subdivisions 1 or 2 of\nthis section and fish confined therein shall be handled or taken\ntherefrom only by an employee of the department or by the permittee.\n
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