2022 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
11-0517 - Taking for Propagation and Stocking; Fish Hindering Propagation of Food Fish or Shellfish.

§ 11-0517. Taking   for   propagation   and   stocking;  fish  hindering
           propagation of food fish or shellfish.
1. The department may take, or  it  may  permit  any  person  to  take
  wildlife  for propagation or stocking purposes, or fish or shellfish for
  propagation purposes.
2. It may also remove, or permit to be removed, in any manner  it  may
  prescribe, from either public or private waters, fish or shellfish which
  hinder  the  propagation  of  food  fish  or  shellfish, or which are in
  imminent danger of being killed by pollution or otherwise. Such fish  or
  shellfish shall be disposed of as the department may direct.
3.  No person shall take fish within one hundred feet of any leader or
  net operated by the department or permitted under subdivisions 1 or 2 of
  this section and  fish  confined  therein  shall  be  handled  or  taken
  therefrom only by an employee of the department or by the permittee.