2020 New York Laws
ENV - Environmental Conservation
Article 11 - Fish and Wildlife
Title 5 - Fish and Wildlife Management Practices Cooperative Program; Prohibitions; Taking of Fish, Wildlife, Shellfish and Crustacea for Scientific Or
11-0515 - Licenses to Collect, Possess or Sell for Propagation, Scientific or Exhibition Purposes.

§ 11-0515. Licenses   to  collect,  possess  or  sell  for  propagation,
           scientific or exhibition purposes.
1. The department may issue to any person a license revocable  at  its
  pleasure  to collect or possess fish, wildlife, shellfish, crustacea, or
  aquatic  insects,  birds'  nests  or  eggs  for  propagation,   banding,
  scientific  or exhibition purposes. The department in its discretion may
  require an applicant to pay a license fee of ten dollars, and to file  a
  bond  of two hundred dollars to be approved by the department that he or
  she will not violate any provisions of this article. Each licensee shall
  file with the department a report containing  such  information  as  the
  department may require. Such license shall be in force for one year only
  and shall not be transferable.
2.  The  department may also issue a license revocable at its pleasure
  to possess and sell protected fish, wildlife,  shellfish,  crustacea  or
  aquatic  insects for propagation, scientific or exhibition purposes. The
  department in its discretion may require a license fee of  ten  dollars.
  Such  license  shall  be  in  force  for  one year only and shall not be
  transferable. Each licensee shall file  with  the  department  a  report
  containing  such  information  as  the  department  may  require.  Fish,
  wildlife, shellfish, crustacea or  aquatic  insects  lawfully  possessed
  under  this  section  may  be  sold  at  any  time  by  the licensee for
  propagation, scientific or exhibition purposes only.
3. The department may  also  issue  a  revocable  license  to  possess
  distressed  wildlife  for  rehabilitation  purposes.  The department may
  adopt regulations concerning the qualifications, appointment and  duties
  of  wildlife  rehabilitators and the procedures for license issuance and
  revocation.
4. The department shall have power to make regulations  governing  the
  possession  of  such  fish,  wildlife,  shellfish, crustacea and aquatic
  insects to protect them from cruelty, disease or undue discomfort and to
  protect the public from attack or contamination.