New York Laws
Title 13 - Fishing
11-1305 - Size and Catch Limits.

The department may promulgate regulations restricting possession on
the waters of the state, except the marine and coastal district, of
fish, except bait fish named in section 11-1315 of this title, that have
been cleaned, filleted or skinned in such a manner that (a) the species
of fish taken cannot be identified, (b) the number of fish taken cannot
be determined, or (c) the length of fish taken cannot be ascertained.
Such regulations shall initially provide that walleye, largemouth bass,
smallmouth bass, brook trout and lake trout may not be so possessed if
they have been dismembered, filleted or otherwise prepared for cooking
or consumption beyond removal of the gills and viscera and that other
species of fish may not be so possessed if they have been dismembered or
otherwise prepared for cooking or consumption, except that the gills and
viscera may be removed and such fish may be filleted, provided the skin
is not removed from the fillet.

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