New York Laws
Title 13 - Fishing
11-1317 - Fish-Bait; Protection of Aquatic Insects.

1. No aquatic insect nor any insect that lives in the water during any
of its life stages shall be taken from waters inhabited by trout nor
from the banks thereof at any time.

2. No person shall take from the waters of the state or the banks
thereof for sale as bait, and no person shall sell as bait, any such
insect, without first obtaining from the department a license to take
such insects for sale as bait or to sell such insects as bait.

3. The license provided for in subdivision 2 shall be issued only in
the discretion of the department. Licenses to take for sale as bait
insects described in this section shall be issued only to residents of
this state and to residents of a state in which residents of this state
may be licensed, or are permitted without license, to take such insects
for sale as bait.

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