N.Y. ENV Law § 13-0349

§ 13-0349. Taking of fish for commercial purposes.\n 1. No person shall take food fish, shellfish, or crustacea from the\nwaters of the marine and coastal district for commercial purposes using\na commercial fishing vessel longer than seventy feet in registered\nlength. For purposes of this section a person shall be presumed to be\ntaking food fish, shellfish or crustacea for commercial purposes when\nsetting, maintaining, operating or using nets, except seines not larger\nthan thirty feet long or four feet deep or lift nets not larger than\nsixteen square feet; traps, except bait traps not more than thirty\ninches in length; combs; dredges; pots; or hook and line, except by\nangling.\n 2. However, vessels being used to take food fish, shellfish or\ncrustacea from the waters of the marine and coastal district prior to\nJuly first, nineteen hundred ninety-seven shall be exempt from the\nregistered length requirement and the department shall publish a list of\nsuch vessels. In addition, such vessels which are exempt from such\nseventy foot in registered length requirement, and are on the list\npublished pursuant to this section, shall also be permitted to be\nreplaced one time without loss of such exemption.\n 3. All vessels of sixty-three feet or greater registered length may be\nreplaced one time by a new vessel of up to ten percent greater\nregistered length.\n