Section 14-0105. Definitions

As used in this article:
    1. "Coastal waters" means lakes Erie and Ontario, the St. Lawrence and
  Niagara  rivers,  the Hudson river south of the federal dam at Troy, the
  East river, the Harlem river, the Kill von Kull, and Arthur  Kill,  Long
  Island sound, and the Atlantic ocean, and their connecting water bodies,
  bays, harbors, shallows, and marshes.
    2. "Coastal ecosystems" mean the resources of coastal waters and their
  watersheds.
    3.  "Council"  means  the  New  York  ocean  and Great Lakes ecosystem
  conservation council created by section 14-0107 of this article.
    4. "Submerged aquatic vegetation" means native underwater plants found
  in coastal waters, including  but  not  limited  to,  eelgrass  (Zostera
  marina),  widgeon  grass  (Ruppia  maritima),  wild celery (Vallisineria
  Americana), and pondweed (Potomageton crispus).
    5. "Submerged aquatic vegetation  meadows"  means  those  habitats  in
  coastal  waters  vegetated with one or more species of submerged aquatic
  vegetation.