New York Laws
Title 17 - Importation and Sale of Fish, Wildlife and Game From Outside the State; Sale of Domestic and Foreign Game and Hatchery Trout; Bird Plumage; T
11-1701 - Application of Sections 11-1703, 11-1705 and 11-1707.

1. Sections 11-1703, 11-1705 and 11-1707 apply to fish, wildlife and
game lawfully taken outside the state and lawfully transported from the
place of taking, except trout raised in a private hatchery, domestic
game as defined in section 11-0103, fish from a licensed fishing
preserve and carcasses of foreign game as defined in section 11-1717.

2. Sections 11-1703, 11-1705, and 11-1707 do not limit the privileges
of the holder of a license issued under section 11-0515 to import live
fish and wildlife, or his privileges with respect to possession,
transportation and sale, within the state.

3. Fish referred to by their common names are the fish so referred to
and more specifically identified in an order adopted pursuant to section
11-1303 and in section 13-0339 of this chapter. The open seasons for
fish are specified by order adopted pursuant to section 11-1305 of this
article; those for game are specified in sections 11-0905, 11-0907 and
11-1103 of this article.

4. For the purposes of sections 11-1703, 11-1705 and 11-1707, there is
an open season for a species (a) if it is a fish not protected by law or
is unprotected wildlife, at any time, and (b) in any other case, at any
time when there is an open season for taking it, anywhere in the state.

5. Sections 11-1705, 11-1711, 11-1721, 11-1723 and 11-1725 do not
apply to the importation, possession, or sale of captive bred and raised
North American elk (Cervus elaphus).