Title 26 — Title 26: Fisheries and Game

Sec. 26-31a. Instruction in fishing techniques. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall formulate a course of instruction in fishing techniques to be known as the fishing education and urban angling program. The commissioner shall designate one or more c…

Sec. 26-31b. Hunting and fishing guide services. Licenses. Fee. Section 26-31b is repealed, effective January 1, 2003. (Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 20, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 131.)

Sec. 26-31c. Hunting or fishing guide services. Registration. Fee. Exception. Limit on customers in vessel. Regulations. Fine. (a) No person shall conduct hunting or fishing guide services in this state unless such person registers with the Department of Energy and Environmental …

Sec. 26-31d. Printed fishing guides for 2023 season. Public availability. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make available to the public, free of charge, a printed fishing guide for the 2023 season. (P.A. 22-51, S. 3.) History: P.A. 22-51 effective May…

Sec. 26-32. Permanent license. Section 26-32 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 565; 1963, P.A. 329, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 70, S. 1; 1971 P.A. 9, S. 2.)

Sec. 26-33. Issuance of complimentary licenses to nonresidents. The Governor may issue complimentary hunting and fishing licenses to nonresidents. (1929, S.A. 231; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 231.) History: 1971 act deleted requirement that board of fisheries and game approve governor's i…

Sec. 26-34. License for nonresident servicemen. Section 26-34 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4874; 1949, 1953, 1955, S. 2466d; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 38; 1963, P.A. 329, S. 8.)

Sec. 26-34a. License for nonresident servicemen. Any nonresident who is an active, full-time member of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, may purchase any license issuable under the provisions of this chapter to residents of this state on payment of the same fee as i…

Sec. 26-35. Expiration date. License not transferable. Restrictions. Wildlife management study area. Each firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping or sport fishing license or the combination firearms hunting and fishing license, except licenses issued pursuant to subdivisions …

Sec. 26-36. Record of licenses. Remittance of fees by town clerks. Each town clerk shall keep a record of all licenses issued by such clerk under the provisions of this chapter for a period of two years after issuance, which record shall be open to public inspection, and such cle…

Sec. 26-37. Duplicate licenses. The commissioner, upon written application and the payment of a fee of eleven dollars, shall issue to any person licensed to hunt, to hunt and trap or fish, or the combination thereof, a duplicate license when he is satisfied that the original lice…

Sec. 26-38. Hunting by minors. (a) Any person over the age of eighteen years who holds a firearms hunting or archery hunting license may, while hunting with firearms or bows, be accompanied by not more than two minors between the ages of twelve and sixteen years who may hunt with…

Sec. 26-39. Hunting licenses for owners of packs of dogs. Any hunting organization or individual owning and using for hunting an organized pack of ten or more hounds or beagles may hunt foxes or rabbits for sport during the open season provided therefor, provided such organizatio…

Sec. 26-3a. Acquisition of easements for maintenance of dams. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may acquire by purchase, lease or gift, or by condemnation in the manner provided by part I of chapter 835, such lands, easements or rights-of-way as are needed i…

Sec. 26-3b. Rental, sale, exchange or transfer of real property and buildings in the custody or control of the commissioner. Right of first refusal. (a) When the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection deems that it would be in the interest of the state, he may rent t…

Sec. 26-3c. Procedures and processes for use of Internet and other means for issuance of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, permits, stamps and tags. Schedule of retainage by agents. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish procedures and b…

Sec. 26-4. Appointment and duties of director. Section 26-4 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4847; 1953, S. 2446d; 1953, 1955, S. 2443d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 152.)

Sec. 26-40. Game breeders license. Possession of skunks or raccoons. No person, association or corporation shall possess more than one live specimen of, breed or propagate any wild game bird or wild game quadruped of the following species without a game breeder's license as provi…

Sec. 26-40a. Possession of potentially dangerous animal. Exemptions. Seizure, relocation and disposal. Penalties. (a) No person shall possess a potentially dangerous animal. For the purposes of this section, the following wildlife, or any hybrid thereof, shall be considered poten…

Sec. 26-40b. Animals, the skin or body of which is not to be sold. Section 26-40b is repealed. (1971, P.A. 107, S. 1, 2; P.A. 73-445, S. 7.)

Sec. 26-40c. Search and seizure. Any officer or agent authorized by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any state police officer or any police officer of any town shall have authority to execute any warrant to search for and seize any goods, merchandise or …

Sec. 26-40d. Exceptions. The commissioner may permit, under such regulations as he may adopt in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, the transfer, sale, offering for sale, or delivery of any threatened or endangered species or any activity otherwise prohibited under sect…

Sec. 26-40e. Killing, possession and sale of endangered and threatened species. Section 26-40e is repealed. (P.A. 73-445, S. 1–3; P.A. 79-354, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-104, S. 3; P.A. 89-224, S. 21, 22.)

Sec. 26-40f. Penalty. Any person who commits, takes part in or assists in violating section 26-40c, 26-40d or section 26-311 or the regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both for e…

Sec. 26-41. Transferred to Chapter 422, Sec. 22-12b.

Sec. 26-42. Licensing of raw fur dealers. Inspection. Regulations. (a) No person shall engage in the business of buying raw furs produced in this state without obtaining a license from the commissioner. Such license shall be nontransferable and shall expire on June thirtieth next…

Sec. 26-43. Sale of raw furs to unlicensed nonresident dealer. Any licensed resident fur dealer or any other person who sells raw furs to any unlicensed nonresident fur dealer while within the boundaries of this state or who aids such unlicensed nonresident dealer, while within t…

Sec. 26-44. Licensing of ferrets. Section 26-44 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4882; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 239; P.A. 85-100, S. 4.)

Sec. 26-45. Bait dealer's license. No person shall possess for the purpose of sale, sell or offer for sale any bait species without first obtaining a bait dealer's license from the commissioner, provided the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons issued a commercia…

Sec. 26-46. Reciprocal fishing privileges. (a) If and when the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts or the state of Rhode Island enacts a similar law granting reciprocal privileges to residents of this state, any person who holds a license to fish in inland waters in the…

Sec. 26-47. Permits to take wildlife damaging crops. License to control nuisance wildlife. Permits to take wildlife damaging agricultural crops, livestock or apiaries. Conditions. Means. Methods. Times. Disposal of wildlife taken. (a) When it is shown to the satisfaction of the c…

Sec. 26-47a. Use of noise-making devices to repel marauding birds and wildlife. Section 26-47a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993. (1967, P.A. 599, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 243; P.A. 73-16, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-222, S. 2, 3.)

Sec. 26-48. Private shooting preserves; permits; regulations. The commissioner may issue permits authorizing the establishment and operation of regulated private shooting preserves when in his judgment such preserves will not conflict with any reasonable prior public interest. Th…

Sec. 26-48a. Management of salmon, trout and turkey. Issuance of permits, tags or stamps. (a) The commissioner may establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, standards for the management of salmon, trout and turkey which shall include provi…

Sec. 26-49. Training of hunting dogs. Permits for liberation of artificially propagated birds. (a) Any person holding a valid hunting license issued as provided for under section 26-27 is authorized to train hunting dogs in the field during any closed season, except during any pe…

Sec. 26-5. Appointment of conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall appoint such number of conservation officers as may be necessary for the efficient execution of the duties of the department…

Sec. 26-50. Permits for training hunting dogs using liberated pheasants. Section 26-50 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 409; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 246; P.A. 83-191, S. 8, 9.)

Sec. 26-51. Permits for field dog trials. Fee. The commissioner may, upon application and payment of a fee of nine dollars, issue to any responsible person or organization a permit to hold a field dog trial subject to such regulations as he may prescribe. Any such permit may be r…

Sec. 26-52. Permits for shooting birds liberated at field dog trials. Fees. The commissioner may issue to any responsible person or authorized field trial group a permit to hold field dog trials, on land approved by the commissioner as suitable for the purpose, at any time, inclu…

Sec. 26-53. Hunting licenses not required at field trials. A hunting license shall not be required for any person at any field trial under the supervision and regulation of the commissioner. (1949 Rev., S. 4875; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 249.) History: 1971 act replaced reference to boa…

Sec. 26-54. Permits for custodians of protected birds and quadrupeds. The commissioner may appoint as custodians persons who may have in their possession injured, sick or immature birds or quadrupeds until such time as they can be released, and he may issue permits without fee au…

Sec. 26-55. Permit for importing, introducing into state, possessing or liberating live fish, wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Regulations. Exemptions. Seizure, relocation and disposal. Penalties. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this s…

Sec. 26-55a. Possession of diploid grass carp. (a) Any person who possesses diploid grass carp in violation of section 26-55 and the regulations adopted under said section, and who submits written notice of such possession to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection,…

Sec. 26-56. Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits. No person shall transport into this state any wild hare or rabbit or liberate in this state any such animal which has been so transported, without a permit from the commissioner, except that wild hares known as snowsho…

Sec. 26-57. Permits for transportation and exportation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. No person shall transport within the state or transport out of the state any fish, bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or invertebrate for which a closed season is…

Sec. 26-57a. Regulations for the establishment of in-state captive herds of cervids. Pilot program for businesses to maintain reindeer. Importation of reindeer into state from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day. (a) On or before September 1, 2013, the Commissioner of Agriculture,…

Sec. 26-58. Taxidermist's license. (a) No person shall practice taxidermy for profit unless he has obtained a license from the commissioner. The commissioner may, upon the application of any citizen of this state, accompanied by payment of a fee of one hundred five dollars, issue…

Sec. 26-59. Regulation of tanning, curing and mounting; permits. The commissioner may make regulations governing the tanning, curing and mounting of all species of wild birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians, including the issuance of permits therefor. All applications f…

Sec. 26-6. Powers and duties of conservation officers and patrolmen. (a) Conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen appointed by the commissioner under authority of section 26-5, shall enforce the provisions of title 23 and this title and chapters 246, 247…

Sec. 26-60. Permits to collect certain wildlife for scientific and educational purposes. Fee. The commissioner may grant to any properly accredited person not less than eighteen years of age, upon written application, a permit to collect fish, crustaceans and wildlife and their n…