Title 26 — Title 26: Fisheries and Game
6 chapters · 405 sections in this title.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-227 Taking from designated but unmarked ground.
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Sec. 26-227. Taking from designated but unmarked ground. No person shall dredge, plant or collect any shells, shellfish or other material or perform any work pertaining to the shellfish industry upon any shellfish grounds, unless each lot whereon any such work is performed has at…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-228 Taking shellfish between sunset and sunrise.
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Sec. 26-228. Taking shellfish between sunset and sunrise. Any person who, between sunset and sunrise, takes or collects any shells or shellfish from the shores or waters in this state shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-229 Injury to monuments.
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Sec. 26-229. Injury to monuments. Any person who wilfully injures, removes or displaces any range monument, signal, beacon, boundstone, post or buoy, or any part, appurtenance or enclosure thereof, erected, constructed or set by the Commissioner of Agriculture, or by his order, o…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-230 Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground.
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Sec. 26-230. Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground. Any person who applies for and procures any designation of a place for planting oysters, clams or mussels to be made to him, for the purpose of assigning the rights which he may acquire, for profit or specul…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-231 Towing dredge prohibited.
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Sec. 26-231. Towing dredge prohibited. Any person who, without the written permission of the owner or lessee of any properly designated oyster ground, tows or assists in towing under water any dredge, trawl or contrivance for taking fish or shellfish, in a manner to cause it to c…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-232 Taking oysters from natural beds or the Housatonic or Saugatuck Rivers.
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Sec. 26-232. Taking oysters from natural beds or the Housatonic or Saugatuck Rivers. (a) Any person who (1) between the twentieth day of July and the twentieth day of September, gathers or takes any oysters or shells from any natural oyster bed specified in section 26-193 other t…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-233 Taking oysters from Housatonic River.
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Sec. 26-233. Taking oysters from Housatonic River. Section 26-233 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5065; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 26; P.A. 78-334, S. 17.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 26-233a and 26-234 Taking of oysters in Housatonic River other than by tongs. Greenwich Cove oysters.
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Secs. 26-233a and 26-234. Taking of oysters in Housatonic River other than by tongs. Greenwich Cove oysters. Sections 26-233a and 26-234 are repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev., S. 5066; 1971, P.A. 155, S. 1; 872, S. 440; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 38; P.A. 02-89, S. 90; S.A. …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-234a Daily limit on oysters.
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Sec. 26-234a. Daily limit on oysters. Section 26-234a is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1969, P.A. 218, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 362; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 32; P.A. 99-110, S. 6.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-234b Taking of eastern oysters. Regulations.
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Sec. 26-234b. Taking of eastern oysters. Regulations. No person may take eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from the waters of this state which are less than three inches long or which are otherwise not ready for harvest, as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture, exc…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-235 Taking of clams. Recreational harvest limit. Penalties. Defacing or removal of sign.
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Sec. 26-235. Taking of clams. Recreational harvest limit. Penalties. Defacing or removal of sign. (a) No person shall take any long clams less than one and one-half inches in length, provided the Waterford-East Lyme shellfish commission may make such residency requirements for di…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-236 Uncertified natural grounds.
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Sec. 26-236. Uncertified natural grounds. No provisions of any public or special act concerning the quantity of shellfish to be taken from natural grounds shall apply to the harvesting of shellfish from the following-described uncertified natural grounds posted by the Department …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-237 Penalty.
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Sec. 26-237. Penalty. Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which violation no specific penalty is imposed shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both. (1949 Rev., S. 5068.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-237a Deposit of cultch material on state shellfish beds.
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Sec. 26-237a. Deposit of cultch material on state shellfish beds. There is established within the Department of Agriculture a program to purchase and acquire shell or other cultch material for deposit on state shellfish beds. The program shall also include the purchase of managem…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-237b Shellfish Fund.
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Sec. 26-237b. Shellfish Fund. (a) There is established and created a fund to be known as the “Shellfish Fund”. The proceeds of any bonds authorized for the purpose of section 26-237a and any private, state or federal grants or direct funding received or awarded for the purposes o…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-237c License for the harvesting of oysters from state shellfish grounds.
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Sec. 26-237c. License for the harvesting of oysters from state shellfish grounds. Section 26-237c is repealed, effective June 3, 2004, and applicable to calendar quarters commencing on and after July 1, 2004. (P.A. 87-426, S. 3; P.A. 88-291, S. 2, 6; P.A. 91-236, S. 21, 25; P.A. …
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-237d Municipal collection of sea water samples for shellfish harvest water classification.
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Sec. 26-237d. Municipal collection of sea water samples for shellfish harvest water classification. (a) The Department of Agriculture may, upon written request of a municipality, enter into a memorandum of understanding with such municipality to authorize the health department or…
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-237e Resource assessment permits.
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Sec. 26-237e. Resource assessment permits. Section 26-237e is repealed, effective June 4, 2024. (P.A. 07-74, S. 5; P.A. 24-100, S. 5.)