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N.Y. ENV Law § 11-0709

This is the official text of N.Y. ENV Law § 11-0709, part of New York’s ENV Law — part of the compiled statutory law of New York, published by the state as "ENV Law." Browse the sections below, each linked to its official government source.

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Circumstances in which license under section 11-0701 not required

Official statutory text

§ 11-0709. Circumstances in which license under section 11-0701 not\n required.\n 1. When a license or permit issued by the department, other than a\nlicense defined in section 11-0701, permits taking of fish or wildlife,\nsuch taking is exempted from the requirement of a license, defined in\nsection 11-0701, which would otherwise be required, unless the license\nor permit or the statute authorizing its issuance states that such\nlicense is required.\n 2. Whenever taking of destructive or menacing wildlife is authorized\nin section 11-0523 of this article, such taking is exempt from the\nrequirement of a license which authorizes the holder to hunt wildlife or\ntrap, unless the provision authorizing such taking specifies that such\nlicense is required.\n 3. The holder of a farm fish pond license, members of his immediate\nfamily and persons actually employed by him in the cultivation of his\nfarm or in the management of the licensed pond may, without fishing\nlicense, take fish in accordance with section 11-1911 and regulations\ngoverning the taking of fish from such fish ponds.\n 4. The holder of a fishing preserve license, members of his immediate\nfamily, and any person to whom the licensee has granted permission to\ntake fish from such licensed fishing preserve waters may, without\nfishing or netting license, take fish in accordance with section 11-1913\nand regulations governing the taking of fish from such fishing preserve\nwaters.\n

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