N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 13-0305

§ 13-0305. Marking lands prohibited; injury to monuments.\n 1. No person other than the lessee or the department shall mark out or\nenclose in any manner, any state-owned lands under water for the purpose\nof planting shellfish thereon or excluding the general public therefrom.\n 2. No person shall wilfully injure or remove any monument, stake or\nboundary marker of any kind, placed for the purpose of delineating or\nlocating state owned shellfish lands except by authority of the\ndepartment.\n