Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries
Section 26-293. - Prosecutions.

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 26 - Fisheries and Game

Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries

Section 26-238. - Town oyster ground committee.

Section 26-239. - Certain grants of oyster, clam and mussel grounds valid.

Section 26-240. - Town ground; designation; designation requirements and prohibitions; hearing.

Section 26-241. - Name of owner to appear on stakes, buoys and markers. Buoy specifications.

Section 26-242. - Granting of designation; condition precedent.

Section 26-243. - Evidence of designation to be recorded.

Section 26-244. - Lost title; redesignation. Penalty.

Section 26-245. - Fees of shellfish commissions.

Section 26-246. - Designation of disputed lines in local jurisdiction.

Section 26-247. - Removal of beds improperly staked.

Section 26-248. - Procedure to dam creek or inlet.

Section 26-249. - Private ownership in cultivated shellfish.

Section 26-250. - Taxation of town ground.

Section 26-251. - Natural clam beds not to be designated.

Section 26-252. - Taking of hard or round clams; size.

Section 26-253. - Trespass on designated ground.

Section 26-254 and 26-255. - Catching of shellfish on bridge pier. Plowing for shellfish along Long Island Sound.

Section 26-256. - Injury to pond gates and dams.

Section 26-257. - Local shellfish grounds under state control.

Section 26-257a. - Local shellfish commissions.

Section 26-258. - Location of local natural clam or oyster beds.

Section 26-259. - Maps to be lodged in town clerk's office.

Section 26-260. - Selectmen of Milford and West Haven may prohibit the taking of clams.

Section 26-261. - Taking of clams from Oyster River in West Haven and Milford.

Section 26-262. - Taking of oysters from natural ground in Milford.

Section 26-263 to 26-265. - Taking of clams from Gulf Pond in Milford. Dredging prohibited in New Haven harbor. Dredging in New Haven, Morris Creek and East Haven.

Section 26-266. - Shellfisheries in Branford. Grants. Requirements and prohibitions of grants.

Section 26-267 to 26-270. - Branford and Farm Rivers. Branford or East Haven shores. Taking of clams from clam flats in and adjacent to the town of Branford. Taking of oysters and claims in Westbrook.

Section 26-271 to 26-275. - Powers of Guilford and Madison selectmen. Shellfisheries in Guilford. Restriction of powers of Guilford. Limitation of taking shellfish in Guilford and Madison. Dredging in waters.

Section 26-276. - Hammonasset River; limitation.

Section 26-277. - Clinton and Madison; special constables.

Section 26-278. - Jurisdiction of special constables.

Section 26-279. - Madison; town rights.

Section 26-280. - Taking of shellfish at Saugatuck Shores in Westport.

Section 26-281 to 26-283. - Protection of clams and oysters in Fairfield. Taking of clams from Fairfield Beach. Clamming restricted in Mill River in Fairfield.

Section 26-284. - Thames River oysters; limitation.

Section 26-285. - Taking of oysters and clams in Old Lyme regulated.

Section 26-286. - Taking oysters from the inland waters of East Lyme and Waterford.

Section 26-287. - Waterford-East Lyme shellfish commission. Taking of shellfish from Niantic River.

Section 26-288. - Escallops.

Section 26-289. - Dredging for escallops in Little Narragansett Bay or Stonington Harbor.

Section 26-290. - Taking of escallops in Groton.

Section 26-291. - Taking of oysters and clams in Stonington.

Section 26-291a. - Taking of clams and oysters in Stonington.

Section 26-292. - Taking of escallops in the waters of Stonington.

Section 26-292a. - Cockenoe Flats shellfish grounds, Westport. Jurisdiction. Recreational clamming permits.

Section 26-292b. - Hand-harvesting horseshoe crabs in the town of Stratford. Prohibition. Violation.

Section 26-292c. - Recommendations for horseshoe crab taking restricted areas.

Section 26-293. - Prosecutions.

Section 26-294. - Penalty.