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
11-0535 - Endangered and Threatened Species, Species of Special Concern.

§ 11-0535. Endangered   and   threatened  species,  species  of  special
           concern.
1. For the purposes of this section, "endangered species"  shall  mean
  those  species  of fish, shellfish, crustacea and wildlife designated by
  the department, by regulation filed with  the  Secretary  of  State,  as
  seriously  threatened  with  extinction, "threatened species" shall mean
  those species of fish and wildlife  designated  by  the  department,  by
  regulation filed with the Secretary of State, which are likely to become
  endangered  species  within  the  foreseeable future throughout all or a
  significant portion of their range, and  "species  of  special  concern"
  shall  mean  those  species  of  fish  and  wildlife  designated  by the
  department, by regulation filed with the Secretary of State,  which  are
  found  by  the  department  to  be at risk of becoming threatened in New
  York. Such regulation shall include, but not be limited  to,  endangered
  and  threatened  species  as  so  designated  by  the  Secretary  of the
  Interior, provided, however, that  such  regulation  shall  take  effect
  sixty  days  after  it  has  been filed with the Secretary of State, and
  provided, further, that any  endangered  or  threatened  species  as  so
  designated  by  the  Secretary  of  the Interior shall be subject to the
  restrictions  of  this  section,  regardless  of  the  removal  of  such
  designation  as  an endangered or threatened species by the Secretary of
  the Interior. The commissioner may  exclude  any  such  species  as  the
  commissioner   may   determine  after  investigation  to  be  no  longer
  endangered or threatened from the restrictions of this section.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this  chapter,  the  taking,
  importation,  transportation,  possession  or  sale of any endangered or
  threatened species of fish, shellfish, crustacea or wildlife,  or  hides
  or  other  parts  thereof, or the sale or possession with intent to sell
  any article made in whole or in part from the skin, hide or other  parts
  of any endangered or threatened species of fish, shellfish, crustacea or
  wildlife  is  prohibited,  except  under  license  or  permit  from  the
  department.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department
  may promulgate regulations to the taking,  importation,  transportation,
  possession  or  sale of any species of special concern as the department
  deems necessary for the proper protection of such species.