Prohibits marine hatchery operations and octopus farming unless for scientific or educational purposes.

This bill amends the environmental conservation law to prohibit any person from operating a marine hatchery or engaging in the off-bottom or on-bottom culture of any species belonging to the order Octopoda, commonly known as octopuses, unless for scientific or educational purposes. The cultivation of octopuses for human consumption is explicitly excluded from this exception. This measure aims to regulate and restrict the commercial farming of octopuses in New York.

Prohibits marine hatchery operations and octopus farming unless for scientific or educational purposes.

This bill amends the environmental conservation law to prohibit any person from operating a marine hatchery or engaging in the off-bottom or on-bottom culture of any species belonging to the order Octopoda, commonly known as octopuses, unless for scientific or educational purposes. The cultivation of octopuses for human consumption is explicitly excluded from this exception. This measure aims to regulate and restrict the commercial farming of octopuses in New York.