§ 11-0306. The Hudson River estuary management program.\n 1. There is established a Hudson River estuarine district which shall\ninclude the tidal waters of the Hudson River, including the tidal waters\nof its tributaries and wetlands from the federal lock and dam at Troy to\nthe Verrazzano-Narrows.\n 2. The department shall establish a Hudson River estuary management\nprogram for the Hudson River estuarine district and associated\nshorelands, with consideration to the remainder of the Hudson River, New\nYork bight, and the waters around Long Island only as they impact the\nHudson River estuary, in order to protect, preserve and, where possible,\nrestore and enhance the Hudson River estuarine district.\n 3. The commissioner shall appoint a Hudson River estuary management\nadvisory committee with whom he or she shall consult on regulatory,\npolicy and other matters affecting the management, protection and use of\nthe Hudson River estuarine district and on the formulation of a Hudson\nRiver estuary management program. Such committee shall consist of not\nless than eleven members who represent interests directly involved in\nthe Hudson River estuarine district and shall include representatives of\ncommercial fishing, sportsmen, research, conservation, and recreation.\nFor the purpose of immediate implementation of this section, the\ncommittee shall consist of the current members of the Hudson River\nfishery advisory committee.\n 4. The commissioner shall maintain in the department the position of\nHudson River estuary coordinator to manage the Hudson River estuary\nmanagement program and to assist the commissioner and the advisory\ncommittee in its development and implementation.\n 5. There is established a Hudson River estuarine sanctuary for the\npurpose of protecting areas of special ecological significance within\nthe Hudson River estuarine district and associated shorelands. The\nestuarine sanctuary shall be managed as a long-term estuarine field\nlaboratory for research and education concerning the Hudson River\necosystem. The estuarine sanctuary shall be composed initially of the\nfour sites now within the Hudson River national estuarine research\nreserve (HRNERR). The department shall adopt the Hudson River national\nestuarine research reserve program as a program of the department for\nthe purpose of operating the estuarine sanctuary. The sanctuary shall be\nmanaged by the department in cooperation with the Hudson River estuary\nmanagement advisory committee and the commissioner shall have the\nauthority to designate additional sites for inclusion within the\nestuarine sanctuary. The estuarine sanctuary shall be open to those\nactivities that are compatible with the primary purposes and management\ngoals of the estuarine sanctuary and its individual sites.\n 6. The department, in cooperation with the Hudson River estuary\nmanagement advisory committee, shall report to the chairpersons of the\nassembly committee on environmental conservation and the senate\ncommittee on environmental conservation on or before March first,\nnineteen hundred eighty-eight with an estuary management strategy for\nthe development of a continuing fifteen-year estuary management program\nfor the preservation, protection, restoration and enhancement of the\nHudson River estuarine district and associated shorelands including but\nnot limited to its natural resources, its fish and wildlife and the\nhabitats within it. The estuary management strategy shall include but\nnot be limited to the following:\n a. A discussion of how the Hudson River estuary functions and the\nrelative role of different species and an explanation of the role of the\nHudson River estuary as a distinct ecosystem, as a habitat for fish and\nwildlife, as a commercial fishery and as a recreational resource.\n b. Identification of areas of special ecological significance within\nthe estuarine district and associated shoreland including but not\nlimited to spawning, nurser
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