Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-141b-3. Applicability(a) The Stream Flow Standards and Regulations shall apply to all river or stream systems in this state. (b) Any person owning or operating a dam that impounds or diverts the waters of a river or stream system o…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-141b-4. Narrative standards(a) A river or stream segment classified as \"Class 1\" pursuant to the Stream Flow Standards and Regulations shall exhibit, at all times, the depth, volume, velocity and variation of stream flow and wate…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-141b-5. Adoption of river or stream system classifications(a) The commissioner, after consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall prepare a map of proposed classifications indicative of the degree of human alteration…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-141b-6. Release requirements(a) Not later than ten years after the initial date of publication in the Connecticut Law Journal of a river or stream segment's classification, a dam owner or operator shall comply with the following: (…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-141b-7. Record keeping and reporting requirements(a) Any person owning or operating a dam subject to the Stream Flow Standards and Regulations shall, not later than one year after the date of publication of classification for a riv…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-141b-8. Conflict and severance(a) Where there is a conflict between the provisions of the Stream Flow Standards and Regulations and those of any other applicable ordinance, regulation or permit, the provisions of the ordinance, reg…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142-1—26-142-5. (Repealed) Repealed January 7, 1976. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-142

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-1. Inland commercial speciesSubject to the provisions of section 26-142a-3a to section 26-142a-7a, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, only the following species may be taken for commercial purposes in…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-12. Taking and sale of bait species(a) The species listed in this subsection, to the exclusion of all other species, may be taken commercially in the inland district under an inland commercial bait license, or in the marine di…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-13—26-142a-14. (Repealed) Repealed September 28, 1977. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-142a

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-15. When a license is not requiredIn the marine district a commercial fishing license is not required to take, for personal use only, menhaden, hickory shad, alewives, glut herring, sea herring, eels, lampreys and bait species…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-16. DefinitionsThe following definitions shall apply to regulations adopted under authority of sections 26-112, 26-142a, 26-157b, 26-157c, and 26-159a of the general statutes: (1) \"Bycatch\" is that portion of a commercial fi…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-2. Locations. In the inland district commercial fishing is permitted only in the following areas:(a) Connecticut River system:(1) The main body of the river from the I-95 highway bridge at Old Saybrook-Old Lyme to the Massachu…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-3. (Repealed) Repealed January 1, 1981. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-142a AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-142a

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-3a. Area-gear restrictions(a) No commercial fishing gear shall be used for taking any fish in that portion of North Cove, as indicated by posters and known as Fall River, in the township of Essex. (b) Pound nets and trap nets …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-4. Seasons(a) There shall be no closed season on carp, suckers, eels and minnows taken for commercial purposes in the waters described in section 26-142a-2 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. (b) The closed seaso…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-5. Closed season for fyke, trap and pound nets in Connecticut RiverFrom April first to June fifteenth, both inclusive, fyke, trap and pound nets shall not be used in the main body of the Connecticut River. Nothing herein shall…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-6. Commercial fishing gear specificationsCommercial fishing gear shall conform to the following specifications:(a) The bowl of pounds, trap nets and fykes shall have a mesh of not less than two inches when stretched. (b) Seine…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-7a. Species — area limitations(a) American shad(1) In the inland district American shad shall not be taken except as provided by section 26-112-45 (b) of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and American shad may be t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-7—26-142a-11. (Repealed) Repealed January 1, 1981. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-142a

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-8a. Species restrictions(a) Blue Crabs. No person shall take or attempt to take any blue crabs in any waters of this state except by scoop or scap net, handline or manually operated and personally attended devices described be…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-142a-9. (Repealed) Repealed February 26, 2004. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-142a AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-142a

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-149-1. Commercial hatcheries reporting requirementsEach owner or operator of a licensed commercial hatchery shall keep a complete record on forms furnished by the Commissioner of finfish, lobsters and blue crabs purchased from any …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-149-2. Commercial hatcheries, removal of fish from premisesOwners or operators of commercial finfish hatcheries, issued a license by the Department of Environmental Protection and their guests may remove any species of fish from th…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-149-3. Artificial fishing facilitiesOperators of artificial fishing facilities, as authorized under the provisions of Section 26-149 of the General Statutes, may permit guests to take from such artificial fishing facility by anglin…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-157a-1. (Repealed) Repealed January 1, 1986. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157a AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157a

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-157b-1. ReportsEach holder of any commercial fishing license, landing license, pound net registration, or charter-party boat registration, each person licensed to take lobsters or fish for personal use only, and each person license…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-157c-1. Taking lobsters – general(a) DefinitionsAs used in this section and section 26-157c-2 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies: (1) “ASMFC” means the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, created under the te…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-157c-2. Taking lobsters—pots and traps(a) All lobster pots, traps and similar devices used for the taking of lobsters shall be constructed so as to contain in the catch compartment (parlor) one of the following: (1) a horizontal, r…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-157c-3. Taking lobsters—otter trawls, beam trawls and similar devices(a) In any waters of this state, on any vessel having on board an otter trawl net, beam trawl net or similar device capable of taking lobsters, there shall be a p…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-157c-4. Management of the lobster pot fishery(a) Purpose. The purpose of this section is to implement requirements of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's American Lobster Fishery Management Plan by establishing the nu…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-1. Sport and commercial restrictions for marine and anadromous species(a) The minimum legal length for trout and charr taken by angling in the marine district shall be fifteen inches. The daily creel limit for trout or charr, …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-10. Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)(a) Definitions. (1) \"Commissioner\" means commissioner of Environmental Protection.(2) \"Department\" means Department of Environmental Protection.(3) \"Qualifying fishing gear\" me…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-11. (Repealed) Repealed March 31, 2003. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159a AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159a

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-12. American goosefish (monkfish) (Lophius americanus)(a) The minimum length of whole monkfish shall be 17 inches in total length, the minimum length of monkfish tails shall be 11 inches measured from the third dorsal spine fr…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-13. Tautog (Blackfish) (Tautoga onitis)(a) Closed Season. No person engaged in commercial fishing shall take, bring ashore, or possess any tautog, wherever taken, from May 1 to June 14, September 1 to October 14 and December 7…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-14. Reserved AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159a AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159a

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-15. Scup (porgy) (Stenotomus chrysops)(a) Definitions.(1) \"Commissioner\" means Commissioner of Environmental Protection.(2) \"Department\" means Department of Environmental Protection.(3) \"Qualifying fishing gear\" means co…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-16. Black sea bass (Centropristis striata)(a) Definitions. (1) \"Commissioner\" means Commissioner of Environmental Protection.(2) \"Department\" means Department of Environmental Protection.(3) \"Qualifying fishing gear\" mea…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-17. Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)(a) Definitions.As used in this section:(1) “Commercial horseshoe crab hand-harvest license” means a license that authorizes the taking of horseshoe crabs by hand for sale or personal use…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-18. Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)(a) Commercial Fishery Closure. When 100% of an Atlantic herring management area annual quota specified by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Atlantic Herring Fishery Manage…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-19. Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthius)(a) No holder of a commercial fishing or landing license or registration permitted to take spiny dogfish from the waters of this state or to land spiny dogfish in this state, regardless of …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-2. Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)(a) The minimum legal length and daily creel limit for striped bass shall be as specified in sections 26-159a-4 and 26-159a-7, respectively, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. (…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-20. Closed recreational fishing seasons(a) No person, while on the waters of this state or on any parcel of land, structure, or portion of a roadway abutting tidal waters of this state shall take, possess or land any of the fo…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-21. Party and charter vessel fishing(a) Any fish taken during party or charter vessel fishing, if sold by the captain or crew under the provisions of section 26-142a of the Connecticut General Statutes concerning party or char…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-22. Compliance with interstate fishery management plans(a) The Commissioner may, by declaration, establish and adjust closed seasons, length limits, creel limits, trip limits, and trip limit adjustment values in order to compl…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-23. Red drumNo person shall possess any red drum taken by any sport fishing or commercial fishing gear or for commercial purposes greater than 27 inches measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail and no person s…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-24—26-159a-25. (Repealed) Repealed December 27, 2006. AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159a

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-26. Marine fishing tournamentsNo person, club, or organization shall conduct, in Connecticut marine waters, a fishing tournament or derby which is open to persons sixteen years of age or older without having first registered s…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 26-159a-27. Transfer of quotasUpon the request of a member state of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and subject to a determination by the Commissioner that Connecticut will not be able to utilize its commercial quota f…