Part 40 Shortfin Mako - Express Terms
6 NYCRR Section 40.7 is amended to read as follows:
Existing paragraph 40.7(c)(1) is amended to read as follows:
It shall be unlawful for any recreational angler to take, or to possess on the waters of the marine and coastal district, as defined in ECL section 13-0103, or the shores thereof, or anywhere inland from such shores, any shark species other than the following: Atlantic sharpnose (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae); blacktip (Carcharhinus limbatus); blue (Prionace glauca); bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo); bull (Carcharhinus leucas); common thresher (Alopias vulpinus); finetooth (Carcharhinus isodon); great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran); scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini); smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena); lemon (Negaprion brevirostris); nurse (Ginglymostoma cirratum); oceanic whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus); porbeagle (Lamna nasus); [shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus);] smooth dogfish (Mustelus canis); spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias); spinner (Carcharhinus brevipinna); and tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier).
Existing subparagraph 40.7(c)(2)(iv) is repealed:
New clause 40.7 (c)(6)(i)('d') is adopted to read as follows:
('d') Possession of shortfin mako is prohibited.
New clause 40.7 (c)(6)(ii)('d') is adopted to read as follows:
('d') Possession of shortfin mako is prohibited.
Existing subparagraph 40.7(d)(4)(vii) is amended to read as follows:
(vii) Pelagic species: blue (Prionace glauca); common thresher (Alopias vulpinus); oceanic whitetip (Carcharhinus longimanus); porbeagle (Lamna nasus); shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) (see paragraph (d)(17) of this section) .
New paragraph 40.7 (d)(17) is adopted to read as follows:
(17) Special regulations for shortfin mako: Possession of shortfin mako is prohibited.
