Section 11-1109. Registered muskrat marshes

1.  Applicability.  A  registered  muskrat  marsh is an enclosed marsh
  which was registered with the department prior to  September  1  of  the
  year  previous  to  the  year  in  which  a  privilege granted or a rule
  provided by this section is invoked or applied.
    2. Registration. Application for registration of a muskrat marsh shall
  be made upon forms supplied for such purpose by the department.  If  the
  department  is  satisfied  that  the marsh covered by the application is
  being managed in accordance with sound management  practices,  it  shall
  issue  a  certificate  of registration which shall entitle registrant to
  apply for the permission provided for in this  section.  The  department
  shall be entitled to receive ten dollars as a registration fee.
    3. Control of muskrats on registered marshes. The owner or lessee of a
  registered  marsh  may  apply  to  the department for permission to trap
  within specified dates during the closed season in order  to  allow  the
  removal of surplus muskrats, not required for breeding stock.
    4.  Investigation; permit. The department shall cause an investigation
  to be made of the allegations of all trapping applications filed with it
  by registered applicants, and may, in its discretion, issue a permit  to
  such  applicant,  allowing  him,  and  persons  whom he may designate in
  writing, to trap muskrats  within  specified  dates  during  the  closed
  season,  except  that no such permit shall be issued for the trapping of
  muskrats during the period from May 1 through October 31. The  name  and
  address  of  every  person designated in writing to trap shall, prior to
  the time designee begins to trap, be forwarded by the registrant to  the
  Department   of   Environmental   Conservation,  Albany,  New  York,  by
  registered mail.
    5. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of the  Fish  and
  Wildlife  Law  to  the  contrary,  the  department  may make regulations
  governing  the  manner  of  trapping  muskrats  on  registered  marshes;
  provided, however, that no such regulations shall be made which are more
  restrictive  than  provisions  of  this chapter expressly regulating the
  manner of taking muskrats.
    6. Reports. Registrants shall, not later than  May  1  of  each  year,
  furnish  the  department  with  a report covering the number of muskrats
  trapped.
    7. License. No person other than the owner  or  lessee  thereof  shall
  engage  in  trapping  on  a  registered marsh unless he holds a trapping
  license.