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 speculation, and any person, other than the owner, the lessee, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the authorized committee or the selectmen, who stakes out or encloses any grounds in navigable waters for the purpose of planting or cultivating oysters thereon, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 5062; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 361; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 31; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced shellfish commissioners with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
History of law. 74 C. 377.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries
Section 26-192. - Exclusive jurisdiction of state.
Section 26-192a. - Lead agency.
Section 26-192b. - Standards for shellfish testing.
Section 26-192c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-96). - Inspection and regulations concerning shellfish. License.
Section 26-192f. (Formerly Sec. 19a-99). - Penalties.
Section 26-192g. (Formerly Sec. 19a-100). - Enforcement.
Section 26-192i. (Formerly Sec. 19a-95). - Shellfish; definition.
Section 26-192l. - Department of Agriculture's shellfish research and survey vessel.
Section 26-192m. - Aquaculture Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Annual report.
Section 26-193. - Natural oyster beds: Map on file.
Section 26-195. - State ground; determination of disputed boundaries.
Section 26-196. - Determination of disputed boundaries in other cases.
Section 26-197. - Commissioners' fees on hearings.
Section 26-198. - Fees for recording or copying.
Section 26-199. - Recording of transfers.
Section 26-200. - Survey and staking; maps; fee.
Section 26-201. - Release to the state.
Section 26-202. - Leasing beacon ground.
Section 26-203. - Buoying of certain natural beds.
Section 26-205. - Wardens; appointment, duties and powers.
Section 26-206. - Shellfish police.
Section 26-207. - Taxation of shellfish grounds.
Section 26-208. - Laying of tax.
Section 26-210. - Collection of tax.
Section 26-211. - Taxes unpaid five years; reversion.
Section 26-212. - Licensing and numbering of shellfish vessels. Fee.
Section 26-213. - License to work on natural beds.
Section 26-214. - Nonresident oystermen. Foreign vessels prohibited.
Section 26-217. - Use of chain bags on natural oyster beds.
Section 26-218. - License forfeited on conviction.
Section 26-219. - License to take conchs.
Section 26-220. - Shellfish spawning beds.
Section 26-224. - Deposit of injurious substances in tidal waters or on oyster ground. Penalty.
Section 26-224a. - Depositing of shellfish in tidal waters. Regulations.
Section 26-225. - Stealing oysters.
Section 26-226. - Injury to enclosure.
Section 26-227. - Taking from designated but unmarked ground.
Section 26-228. - Taking shellfish between sunset and sunrise.
Section 26-229. - Injury to monuments.
Section 26-230. - Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground.
Section 26-231. - Towing dredge prohibited.
Section 26-232. - Taking oysters from natural beds or the Housatonic or Saugatuck Rivers.
Section 26-233. - Taking oysters from Housatonic River.
Section 26-234a. - Daily limit on oysters.
Section 26-234b. - Taking of eastern oysters. Regulations.
Section 26-236. - Uncertified natural grounds.
Section 26-237a. - Deposit of cultch material on state shellfish beds.
Section 26-237b. - Shellfish Fund.
Section 26-237c. - License for the harvesting of oysters from state shellfish grounds.