N.Y. ENV Law § 13-0331

§ 13-0331. Crabs; permit to take; prohibited acts.\n 1. No person shall take crabs, including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.)\nfor commercial purposes without first obtaining a permit from the\ndepartment. For purposes of this subdivision, a presumption of\n"commercial purposes" shall be made wherein one takes or lands more than\nfifty crabs in any one day or sells or barters or offers for sale or\nbarter any crabs he or she has taken. Permits shall be issued to\nindividuals only but may be endorsed for use on a vessel, in which case\nit shall cover all persons on board such vessel.\n 2. A person domiciled within the state may take crabs, for commercial\npurposes, from the waters of the state upon first obtaining a crabbing\npermit from the department.\n a. The department shall prescribe and furnish forms for application\nfor such permit.\n b. The fee for such crabbing permit shall be thirty dollars.\n 3. A person not domiciled in the state who is domiciled in a state\nthat provides reciprocal permits or licenses to persons domiciled in New\nYork state may take crabs, for commercial purposes, upon first obtaining\na crabbing permit from the department.\n a. The department shall prescribe and furnish forms for application\nfor such permit.\n b. The fee for such crabbing permit shall be fifty dollars.\n 4. Permits are not transferable and shall expire on December 31\nfollowing the date of issue. If it appears in the public interest, the\ndepartment may suspend or cancel such permits without prior notice.\n 5. Female crabs with eggs visible thereon, commonly called sponge\ncrabs, or any female crabs from which the egg pouch or bunion has been\nremoved, shall not be taken, possessed, transported or offered for sale\nat any time.\n 6. Crabs shall not be taken by dredging in the waters of Richmond\ncounty; Hempstead Bay and South Oyster Bay in the county of Nassau; or\nin the waters of Great South Bay west of Captree bridge in the county of\nSuffolk.\n 7. The department may, until December thirty-first, two thousand\nseventeen, fix by regulation measures for the management of crabs of any\nkind including horseshoe crabs (Limulus sp.), including size limits,\ncatch and possession limits, open and closed seasons, closed areas,\nrestrictions on the manner of taking and landing, requirements for\npermits and eligibility therefor, recordkeeping requirements,\nrequirements on the amount and type of fishing effort and gear, and\nrequirements relating to transportation, possession and sale, provided\nthat such regulations are no less restrictive than requirements set\nforth in this chapter and provided further that such regulations are\nconsistent with the compliance requirements of applicable fishery\nmanagement plans adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries\nCommission and with applicable provisions of fishery management plans\nadopted pursuant to the Federal Fishery Conservation and Management Act\n(16 U.S.C. § 1800 et seq.).\n