Connecticut General Statutes
Title 26 - Fisheries and Game

Section 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...

Section 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...

Section 26-4. - Appointment and duties of director. - Section 26-4 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4847; 1953, S....

Section 26-5. - Appointment of conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall appoint such...

Section 26-6. - Powers and duties of conservation officers and patrolmen. - (a) Conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen appointed by...

Section 26-6a. - Constables for fish and game protection. - (a) The chief executive authority of any town, city or...

Section 26-6b. - Search of containers by conservation officers. - Any person who, upon request or signal of any conservation...

Section 26-6c. - Immunity from attachments. - No attachments shall be made against the real or personal...

Section 26-7. - Volunteer assistants. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may appoint suitable...

Section 26-8. - Ordinances controlling use of waters not applicable to department or employees. - No municipal ordinance, the purpose of which is to control...

Section 26-9. - Annual exhibition. - The commissioner, in conjunction with and by assistance from other...

Section 26-10 to 26-13. - Board may borrow from General Fund. Game Fund. Fish Fund. Disposition of receipts. - Sections 26-10 to 26-13, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 26-14. - Federal aid for fish restoration projects. - Section 26-14 is repealed, effective April 14, 2010. (1951, S....

Section 26-15. - Fish and wildlife restoration projects. Funds for programs and functions of Bureau of Natural Resources. - The state of Connecticut assents to the provisions of the...

Section 26-15a. - Appropriations to Bureau of Natural Resources. Federal aid. Annual report. - (a) The provisions of section 26-15 shall remain in full...

Section 26-15b. - Annual report re license, permit, stamp and tag fees and expenditures for fish and wildlife programs. - On or before October first of each year, the Department...

Section 26-16. - Public hunting and fishing lands and waters. - The commissioner is authorized to acquire for the use of...

Section 26-17. - Release of fishing or hunting rights. - The commissioner, by agreement with the land owner, may cancel...

Section 26-17a. - Acquisition and preservation of tidal wetlands. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “tidal wetlands” means...

Section 26-18. - Fish or game for propagation. - Any person who, in making application to the Commissioner of...

Section 26-19. - Motor boats in Bantam River. - No person shall operate a boat propelled by an internal...

Section 26-20. - Signs on rights-of-way to state ponds or streams. - The commissioner shall erect a sign or signs on the...

Section 26-21. - Notice not to be destroyed. - Any person who defaces, obliterates or destroys any notice or...

Section 26-22. - Control of aquatic plants and animals. - The commissioner may, after investigation has indicated that such measures...

Section 26-23. - Abandoned or discarded fishing or hunting implements. Derelict lobster gear. - (a) Any weapon, article or implement, capable of being used...

Section 26-24. - Use or disposal of seized articles. - Any hunting, fishing or trapping weapon, device, implement or article...

Section 26-25. - Commissioner may declare closed season or extend open season. - (a) The commissioner may, when he finds that extraordinary precautions...

Section 26-25a. - Regulation of feeding of wildlife on state-owned property. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt...

Section 26-25b. - Disclosure of stocking schedules. - Notwithstanding any provision of section 1-210 to the contrary, any...

Section 26-25c. - Release of lighter-than-air balloons restricted. Penalty. - (a) No person, nonprofit organization, firm or corporation, including the...

Section 26-26. - Enforcement in state boundary waters of fish and game laws. - If and when the state of Rhode Island, the state...

Section 26-26a. - Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Compact. - Section 26-26a is repealed, effective October 1, 2013. (P.A. 99-136,...

Section 26-26b. - Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact. - INTERSTATE WILDLIFE VIOLATOR COMPACTADOPTION OF COMPACT The Wildlife Violator Compact...

Section 26-27. - Licenses required for hunting, trapping and fishing. Exceptions. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), (c), (e), (f),...

Section 26-27a. - Junior licenses. - As used in this part: (1) “Junior firearms hunting license”...

Section 26-27b. - Stamps required for hunting or taking of migratory birds, resident birds or resident game birds. Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp. Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp. - (a) No person sixteen years of age or older may...

Section 26-27c. - Reproduction and marketing of stamps as artwork. Migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account. Subaccount. Restricted uses of funds. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide for...

Section 26-27d. - Citizens' Advisory Board for the Connecticut Migratory Bird and Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamps program. - (a) There is established a Citizens' Advisory Board for the...

Section 26-27e. - Sport fishing licenses. Statement re discarding of fishing line or other litter. - Each sport fishing license issued pursuant to this part shall...

Section 26-27f. - Three-day out-of-state bird hunting license. Fee. Regulations. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations,...

Section 26-27g. - Lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. Authorization. Regulations. - Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner of Energy...

Section 26-28. - Hunting, trapping and sport fishing license fees. - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) to (f), inclusive,...

Section 26-28a. - Combination licenses for servicemen. Fee. - Section 26-28a is repealed. (1967, P.A. 211, S. 1; 1969,...

Section 26-28b. - Marine waters fishing license. Exemptions. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), (d), (e) or...

Section 26-28c. - Marine waters fishing license fees. - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Section 26-29. - Free lifetime fishing license for person who is blind. - No fee shall be charged for any sport fishing license...

Section 26-29a. - Free lifetime fishing licenses for persons with intellectual disability. - No fee shall be charged for any sport fishing license...

Section 26-29b. - Free lifetime hunting, sport fishing or trapping license for person with physical disability. - No fee shall be charged for any hunting, sport fishing...

Section 26-29c. - Free private land deer permit for certain farmers. - Notwithstanding the provisions of section 26-27, the Commissioner of Energy...

Section 26-30. - Applications. Issuance of licenses. - (a) Resident licenses to firearms hunt, archery hunt, trap or...

Section 26-31. - Instruction in handling and use of hunting weapons. Required education course for reinstatement of suspended license. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall formulate...

Section 26-31a. - Instruction in fishing techniques. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall formulate...

Section 26-31b. - Hunting and fishing guide services. Licenses. Fee. - Section 26-31b is repealed, effective January 1, 2003. (Nov. Sp....

Section 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...

Section 26-31d. - Printed fishing guides for 2023 season. Public availability. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make available...

Section 26-32. - Permanent license. - Section 26-32 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 565; 1963, P.A. 329,...

Section 26-33. - Issuance of complimentary licenses to nonresidents. - The Governor may issue complimentary hunting and fishing licenses to...

Section 26-34. - License for nonresident servicemen. - Section 26-34 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4874; 1949, 1953,...

Section 26-34a. - License for nonresident servicemen. - Any nonresident who is an active, full-time member of the...

Section 26-35. - Expiration date. License not transferable. Restrictions. Wildlife management study area. - Each firearms hunting, archery hunting, trapping or sport fishing license...

Section 26-36. - Record of licenses. Remittance of fees by town clerks. - Each town clerk shall keep a record of all licenses...

Section 26-37. - Duplicate licenses. - The commissioner, upon written application and the payment of a...

Section 26-38. - Hunting by minors. - (a) Any person over the age of eighteen years who...

Section 26-39. - Hunting licenses for owners of packs of dogs. - Any hunting organization or individual owning and using for hunting...

Section 26-40. - Game breeders license. Possession of skunks or raccoons. - No person, association or corporation shall possess more than one...

Section 26-40a. - Possession of potentially dangerous animal. Exemptions. Seizure, relocation and disposal. Penalties. - (a) No person shall possess a potentially dangerous animal. For...

Section 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;...

Section 26-40c. - Search and seizure. - Any officer or agent authorized by the Commissioner of Energy...

Section 26-40d. - Exceptions. - The commissioner may permit, under such regulations as he may...

Section 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,...

Section 26-40f. - Penalty. - Any person who commits, takes part in or assists in...

Section 26-42. - Licensing of raw fur dealers. Inspection. Regulations. - (a) No person shall engage in the business of buying...

Section 26-43. - Sale of raw furs to unlicensed nonresident dealer. - Any licensed resident fur dealer or any other person who...

Section 26-44. - Licensing of ferrets. - Section 26-44 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4882; 1971, P.A....

Section 26-45. - Bait dealer's license. - No person shall possess for the purpose of sale, sell...

Section 26-46. - Reciprocal fishing privileges. - (a) If and when the state of New York, the...

Section 26-47. - Permits to take wildlife damaging crops. License to control nuisance wildlife. - (a) When it is shown to the satisfaction of the...

Section 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....

Section 26-48. - Private shooting preserves; permits; regulations. - The commissioner may issue permits authorizing the establishment and operation...

Section 26-48a. - Management of salmon, trout and turkey. Issuance of permits, tags or stamps. - (a) The commissioner may establish, by regulations adopted in accordance...

Section 26-49. - Training of hunting dogs. Permits for liberation of artificially propagated birds. - (a) Any person holding a valid hunting license issued as...

Section 26-50. - Permits for training hunting dogs using liberated pheasants. - Section 26-50 is repealed. (1957, P.A. 409; 1971, P.A. 872,...

Section 26-51. - Permits for field dog trials. Fee. - The commissioner may, upon application and payment of a fee...

Section 26-52. - Permits for shooting birds liberated at field dog trials. Fees. - The commissioner may issue to any responsible person or authorized...

Section 26-53. - Hunting licenses not required at field trials. - A hunting license shall not be required for any person...

Section 26-54. - Permits for custodians of protected birds and quadrupeds. - The commissioner may appoint as custodians persons who may have...

Section 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 section,...

Section 26-55a. - Possession of diploid grass carp. - (a) Any person who possesses diploid grass carp in violation...

Section 26-56. - Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits. - No person shall transport into this state any wild hare...

Section 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...

Section 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...

Section 26-58. - Taxidermist's license. - (a) No person shall practice taxidermy for profit unless he...

Section 26-59. - Regulation of tanning, curing and mounting; permits. - The commissioner may make regulations governing the tanning, curing and...

Section 26-60. - Permits to collect certain wildlife for scientific and educational purposes. Fee. - The commissioner may grant to any properly accredited person not...

Section 26-61. - Suspension of license, registration or permit. Restoration. Fines. - (a) Upon the complaint of any person concerning an alleged...

Section 26-62. - Hunting accidents; suspension of license or privilege to hunt. - Any person who, with any weapon or instrument used in...

Section 26-63. - Notice of action on license. - Notice of the cancellation, suspension or revocation of any license,...

Section 26-64. - Fine for violations. Exception. - Any person who violates any provision of this part for...

Section 26-65. - Commissioner authorized to regulate hunting. Landowner permission required for hunting on private land. - (a) In the interest of developing a sound wildlife program...

Section 26-65a. - Prohibition re reduction of state land where hunting is permitted. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not reduce...

Section 26-66. - Scope of regulations. - The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions...

Section 26-66a. - Posting of warning signs by the department. Fees. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, within forty-five days...

Section 26-66b. - Hunting field guides produced by the department to include regulations for hunting in proximity to buildings. - In any field guide produced by the Department of Energy...

Section 26-67. - Regulations. - The commissioner may issue his regulations, based upon accepted standards...

Section 26-67a. - Confidentiality of reports. - Notwithstanding any provision of section 1-210 to the contrary, no...

Section 26-67b. - Commissioner to advise law enforcement authorities re fish and game laws. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall annually advise...

Section 26-67c. - Complaints re hunting in proximity to certain areas. Hearing. Records to be kept by law enforcement officials. Report to General Assembly. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall maintain...

Section 26-67d. - Falconry: Definitions. - (1) As used in this section and section 26-67e, “raptor”...

Section 26-67e. - Falconry: Applicable federal regulations. Commissioner authorized to adopt regulations. Fee reciprocity. - Any person engaged in falconry shall abide by the provisions...

Section 26-68. - Emergency declaration of closed seasons. - The commissioner may, in an emergency, declare a closed season...

Section 26-69. - Wildlife management practices. - The commissioner may engage in wildlife management practices, including, but...

Section 26-70. - Regulation of hunting of wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Permit for administration of chemical or biological substance to free-ranging wildlife. Requirements. - (a) No person shall hunt, take, attempt to hunt or...

Section 26-71. - Penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of sections 26-65 to...

Section 26-72. - Regulation of trapping of fur-bearing animals. - The commissioner may, after notice and public hearing conducted in...

Section 26-73. - Hunting on Sunday. Bow and arrow hunting of deer on private property. - Sunday shall be a closed season except for hunting deer...

Section 26-74. - Use of motor vehicles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles in hunting. - (a) No person while in a motor vehicle, snowmobile or...

Section 26-75. - Silencer on firearms. - No person shall use any silencer on any firearm when...

Section 26-76. - Possession limit of game birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians. - The possession limit for game birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles and...

Section 26-77. - Taking of waterfowl in open coastal waters. - The commissioner may establish and define by regulation, for the...

Section 26-78. - Sale of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or amphibians. - (a) No person shall buy, sell or exchange, or have...

Section 26-78a. - Donation of game to charitable organizations. - (a) As used in this section, “hunted game” means wildlife...

Section 26-79. - Hunting in Putnam Memorial Camp grounds. - Any person who hunts upon the grounds of Putnam Memorial...

Section 26-80. - Disposition of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or amphibians illegally taken. - Any bird, quadruped, reptile or amphibian, or part thereof, illegally...

Section 26-80a. - Illegal taking of moose or bear. Suspension of hunting license. Penalties. - (a) Any person who takes moose or bear in violation...

Section 26-80b. - Sale or use of computer software or service to remotely hunt animals or birds prohibited. Penalty. - (a) No person shall operate, provide, sell, use or offer...

Section 26-81. - Penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of this part for...

Section 26-82. - Killing of deer regulated. Damage permit. Jacklight permit. Penalties. Plan by homeowner association, municipality or nonprofit land-holding organization to take deer. - (a) No person shall hunt, pursue, wound or kill any...

Section 26-82a. - Private land revolver permit to hunt deer. Requirements. - The commissioner shall issue, upon payment of a five-dollar fee,...

Section 26-83 and 26-84. - Permits to hunt deer. Fee for permit to kill deer. - Sections 26-83 and 26-84 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4899,...

Section 26-85. - Jacklighting for deer. Forfeiture and disposal of weapons. - No person shall use or attempt to use or possess...

Section 26-86. - Deer, moose or black bear killed or wounded by motor vehicle. - Any deer, moose or black bear killed or seriously wounded...

Section 26-86a. - Game management. Deer hunting; permitted weapons, locations, bag limits. Consent forms; permits, selection process. - (a) The commissioner shall establish by regulation adopted in accordance...

Section 26-86b. - Tags. Report of kill. - The commissioner shall issue tags to be attached to the...

Section 26-86c. - Permits to hunt deer and small game with bow and arrow. Fees. Applications. Education course requirement. - No person may hunt deer or small game with a...

Section 26-86d. - Penalty. - Section 26-86d is repealed. (1959, P.A. 227, S. 7; P.A....

Section 26-86e. - Regulation of hunting of doe deer. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue regulations...

Section 26-86f. - Hunting of fawn deer prohibited. - No person shall hunt, wound, kill or remove from the...

Section 26-87. - Taking rabbits by use of ferrets. Authorization. Penalties. - The commissioner may authorize the commissioner's conservation officers or other...

Section 26-88. - Use of explosives. - No person shall take or attempt to take any gray...

Section 26-89. - Cutting trees or using fire to take raccoon. - Any person who cuts down any tree or uses fire,...

Section 26-90. - False statement, penalty. General penalty. - (a) No person shall make any material false statement or...

Section 26-91. - Taking of migratory game birds. Plan by municipality, homeowner association or nonprofit land-holding organization to take Canada geese. - (a) The closed season, daily bag limit and possession limit...

Section 26-92. - Wild birds other than game birds protected, exception. Game birds defined. - No person shall catch, kill or purchase or attempt to...

Section 26-92a. - State purchase of game birds. - The purchase by the state of game birds from out-of-state...

Section 26-93. - Hunting of bald eagle prohibited. Disturbance of nest prohibited. Fine. No access area for bald eagle. Violation and fine or imprisonment. - Any person who disturbs, hunts, takes, kills or attempts to...

Section 26-94. - Hunting of swan prohibited. - Any person who hunts, takes, wounds or kills or attempts...

Section 26-95. - Trapping of birds. - No person shall trap, net or snare any bird for...

Section 26-96. - Trap shooting. - No person shall keep, expose, let loose or suffer to...

Section 26-97. - Killing game birds in Westport Fire District prohibited. Penalty. - Any person who kills any game bird within the limits...

Section 26-98. - Penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of this part, or...

Section 26-99. - Establishment of fish and game refuges. - The commissioner may establish state fish and game refuges and...

Section 26-100. - Posting notices. - The commissioner shall cause such notices to be posted along...

Section 26-101. - Wildlife refuges and closed areas. - The commissioner may establish wildlife refuges, closed areas or safety...

Section 26-102. - Fish spawning areas and refuges. - The commissioner may establish fish spawning areas and refuges on...

Section 26-103. - Management and preservation of islands in and marshes in or bordering the Housatonic River. - All islands in the Housatonic River and all marshes in...

Section 26-104. - Bantam Lake sanctuary. - No person shall hunt, take, kill or attempt to kill...

Section 26-105. - Lake Wononscopomuc sanctuary. Limited hunting. - No person shall hunt, take, kill or attempt to kill...

Section 26-106. - Milford refuge. - That portion of Milford Harbor extending from Memorial Bridge to...

Section 26-107. - Hunting and trapping on wildlife refuge or closed area. - No person shall, at any time, enter upon any state...

Section 26-107f. - Program for the conservation of nonharvested wildlife. - (a) The General Assembly declares it to be the policy...

Section 26-107g. - Citizen's Advisory Board for Nonharvested Wildlife. Membership. Duties. - Section 26-107g is repealed. (P.A. 86-370, S. 2, 6; P.A....

Section 26-107h. - Annual report. - On or before February first, annually, the Commissioner of Energy...

Section 26-107i. - Sale of wildlife stamps, prints, publications and other items. Allocation of revenue. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may establish a...

Section 26-108. - Inland waters and marine district defined. - The commissioner may, after public notice and hearing, determine the...

Section 26-109. - Dividing lines between inland and marine waters in Groton, Stonington, the Niantic River and the Housatonic River. - (a) The dividing line between inland water and the marine...

Section 26-110. - Demarcation lines. - The commissioner may establish a line at the outlet and...

Section 26-111. - Regulation of fishing. - In the interest of developing a sound program of sport...

Section 26-112. - Scope of regulations. - The commissioner may, after notice and public hearing, issue regulations...

Section 26-113. - Hearings. - Notice of such hearing shall be advertised in one or...

Section 26-114. - Prohibited acts. - No species of fish or bait shall be fished for...

Section 26-114a. - Purchase or sale of snakehead fish prohibited. - No person shall sell or purchase any snakehead fish in...

Section 26-115. - Fisheries management practices of commissioner. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may engage in...

Section 26-116. - Exceptions. - The provisions of sections 26-102 and 26-111 to 26-117, inclusive,...

Section 26-117. - Fine for violation. - Any person who violates any provision of sections 26-102 and...

Section 26-118. - Fishing in reservoir. - No person shall take or attempt to take any fish...

Section 26-119. - Use of explosives or poisons. - Fish shall not be taken by means of any explosive....

Section 26-120. - Striped bass. - Section 26-120 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4975; 1957, P.A....

Section 26-121. - Taking of tomcod or frost fish in Saugatuck River. - Tomcod or frost fish may be taken, annually, without a...

Section 26-122. - Fishing through ice in Cranberry Pond, Cream Hill Lake and Lake Quonnipaug. - No person shall take or attempt to take any fish...

Section 26-123. - Fishing through ice in Long Meadow Pond. - Section 26-123 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5012; 1963, P.A....

Section 26-124. - Indian Pond. - Any nonresident who holds a license to fish in the...

Section 26-125. - Beach Pond and Killingly Pond. - Any nonresident who holds a license to fish in the...

Section 26-126. - Disposition of fish illegally taken. - Any fish or crustacean, or part thereof, illegally taken or...

Section 26-127. - Conservation of bait species. Daily limit. - (a) Any person who transports out of this state any...

Section 26-128. - Carp and goldfish. - (a) No person shall sell, offer for sale, transport, transfer,...

Section 26-128a. - Taking of glass eels, elver eels and silver eels prohibited. Penalty. - No person shall take or attempt to take any elver...

Section 26-128b. - Trout. Elimination of closed season. - Notwithstanding any provision of this title, there shall be no...

Section 26-129. - Forfeiture of fishing tackle. - Any boat, seine, net, spear, torch, fishing tackle or other...

Section 26-130. - Sale of fish for stocking; sale of fish management commodities; sale of trout eggs. - No fish shall be furnished by the state for stocking...

Section 26-131. - Registration of private waters. Taking of fish without license. - Any owner of private waters who desires to remove fish...

Section 26-132. - Privately stocked waters. - Upon request by any association owning or controlling the fishing...

Section 26-133. - Stocking with different species of fish. - Section 26-133 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5000; 1955, S....

Section 26-134. - Obstructing streams. - No person shall, unless authorized by the commissioner, prevent the...

Section 26-135. - Pond weirs and nets. - The proprietor of any private pond or lake, and the...

Section 26-136. - Fishways. - (a) Upon petition of ten or more persons owning property...

Section 26-137. - Fishing near fishways. - No person shall take or attempt to take any fish,...

Section 26-138. - Draining for taking fish. - No person, firm, corporation or municipality or political subdivision thereof...

Section 26-139. - Responsibility for draining. Penalty. - The person who has authority to issue an order directing...

Section 26-140. - Fishing rights in stream crossing highway. - Notwithstanding any taking or purchase made or to be made...

Section 26-141. - Fine for violation. - Any person who violates any provision of this part for...

Section 26-141a. - Standards for flow of water in rivers or streams. - Whenever any dam or other structure is maintained in this...

Section 26-141b. - Adoption of regulations establishing flow standards for rivers and streams. Procedure. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, on or...

Section 26-141c. - Violation of regulations. - After the adoption of regulations pursuant to section 26-141b, no...

Section 26-142. - Registration of nets. Permits to tend or operate. - Section 26-142 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4952; 1949, S....

Section 26-142a. - Definitions. Licenses, permits, registrations and endorsements. Regulations. Prohibitions. Nonresident licenses. Fees. Commissioner authority. Revocation. Violations. Penalties. Limited access licenses. - (a) For the purposes of this section and sections 26-142b...

Section 26-142b. - Resident-held and nonresident-held principal commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license and commercial lobster pot fishing license. Restrictions on reissuance, transfer and renewal. - (a) For the purposes of this section, “active” with regard...

Section 26-142c. - Vessel permit exemption for taking lobsters or fish for personal use. - Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a) of section 26-142a, no...

Section 26-142d. - Dual-landing agreements for Winter I Summer Flounder. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall enter into...

Section 26-143. - Nets to be marked. - Section 26-143 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4955; 1971, P.A....

Section 26-143a. - Nets to be buoyed and marked. Boats to display license or registration flag. - Section 26-143a is repealed, effective October 1, 2014. (P.A. 74-348,...

Section 26-144 to 26-148. - Nets for taking tomcod or frost fish. Smelt and tomcod; nets, registration and fee. Taking of smelt and tomcod; open season, net specifications, designated time and area, penalty. Eel pots. Shad; nets; penalty. Set nets fo... - Sections 26-144 to 26-148, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 26-149. - Commercial hatcheries. Fees. - No person shall operate a commercial hatchery to hold, hatch...

Section 26-150 to 26-153. - Registration of fishing boat or vessel; operator's license; fees. Boats to display license number. Drag nets. Drag net or seine, license to operate, required. Mesh of nets. - Sections 26-150 to 26-153, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 26-154. - Restricted waters near mouth of stream or estuary. Use of otter trawls in estuaries. - (a) The commissioner may designate certain areas of water in...

Section 26-154a. - Use of purse seines in Long Island Sound. - Section 26-154a is repealed, effective October 1, 2000. (1972, P.A....

Section 26-155. - Fish oil or fertilizer. - No person shall render any food fish into oil or...

Section 26-156 and 26-157. - Crabs. Lobsters. - Sections 26-156 and 26-157 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4969–4971;...

Section 26-157a. - Lobster management program. - (a) All live cars or other devices in which lobsters...

Section 26-157b. - Reports. Penalty. - (a) Each person who engages in commercial fishing in the...

Section 26-157c. - Regulations governing the taking and possession of lobsters. Regulations implementing the lobster trap allocation buy-back program. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt...

Section 26-157d. - Lobster restoration program. Regulations. - (a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt...

Section 26-157e. - Commissioner to pursue lobster restoration funds. Administration of funds. Entering into contracts. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall do all...

Section 26-157f. - Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation. - (a) There is established a Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee to...

Section 26-157g. - Lobster v-notch restoration program. - If the Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine...

Section 26-157h. - Lobster trap allocation buy-back program. - Within available appropriations, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection...

Section 26-157i. - Economic assistance program for resident commercial lobster fishermen. Establishment. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish...

Section 26-157j. - Seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper possession and sale of undersized lobsters. Conditions. Documentation. - A seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper may possess and sell...

Section 26-158. - Sale of lobsters. - No person who has taken any lobsters from the waters...

Section 26-159. - Sea sturgeon. - Section 26-159 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4973; P.A. 74-348,...

Section 26-159a. - Regulations concerning certain sport and commercial fishing in the marine district and possession of certain species. Penalty. - To establish and manage populations of marine and anadromous finfish...

Section 26-159b. - Taking and selling of sea sturgeon prohibited. - Section 26-159b is repealed. (P.A. 74-348, S. 8, 11; P.A....

Section 26-159c. - Commissioner to conduct public hearings in coastal areas. - Prior to the adoption of any regulation under subsection (g)...

Section 26-160. - Extension zones. - The commissioner may establish zones on either side of the...

Section 26-161 to 26-163. - Commercial taking of yellow perch. Northern fluke or summer flounder. Alewives and glut herring. - Sections 26-161 to 26-163, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 26-164. - Inspection of license. - Upon request of the commissioner or any conservation officer or...

Section 26-165. - Reports. - Section 26-165 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4978; 1971, P.A....

Section 26-166. - Obstructions. - No person shall place any obstruction in or upon any...

Section 26-167. - Stealing fish, lobsters or equipment. Penalty. - No person except the licensed owner, an authorized licensed agent...

Section 26-168. - Sale or taking of salt water fish. - Section 26-168 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4981; 1971, P.A....

Section 26-169. - Nets and seines prohibited in Darien, Stamford and Greenwich. - No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine,...

Section 26-170. - Use of seine in Norwalk Harbor. - No person shall draw a seine with a mesh less...

Section 26-171. - Taking smelt in Greenwich. - No person shall take any smelt in any of the...

Section 26-172 and 26-173. - Drag nets along shores of Long Island Sound and Fishers Island Sound. Weirs and pounds. - Sections 26-172 and 26-173 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4986,...

Section 26-174. - Pawcatuck River. - No person shall erect or continue any pound or weir...

Section 26-175. - Long Beach and Penfield Reef. - No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine,...

Section 26-176. - Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook. - No person shall take or attempt to take any fish...

Section 26-177. - Mystic River. - No person shall draw any seine in the Mystic River...

Section 26-178. - Thames River. - No purse net shall be set in the Thames River...

Section 26-179. - Taking smelt in Groton. - No person shall take or assist in taking or attempt...

Section 26-180. - Milford Harbor. - No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine,...

Section 26-181. - Chester Cove. - No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine,...

Section 26-182. - Wright's Cove. - No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine,...

Section 26-183. - Use of nets in Long Island Sound adjacent to Stratford. - No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine,...

Section 26-184. - Use of nets in Keney Cove. - No person shall draw, set or use any net in...

Section 26-185. - Use of trawls in the Poquonock River. - No person shall take or attempt to take any fish...

Section 26-186. - Penalties. - Any person who violates any provision of this part for...

Section 26-186a. - Effect of license suspension on other licenses, permits or registrations and on right to obtain them. - Upon suspension of a license, permit or registration issued by...

Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries

Section 26-187 to 26-191. - Commissioners; appointment; report. Compensation of shellfish commissioners. Office; clerk; expenses. Engineer; employment. Use of shellfisheries boat. - Sections 26-187 to 26-191, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 26-192. - Exclusive jurisdiction of state. - The state shall exercise jurisdiction and control over all shellfisheries...

Section 26-192a. - Lead agency. - The Department of Agriculture shall be the lead agency on...

Section 26-192b. - Standards for shellfish testing. - Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of section 19a-29a, the...

Section 26-192c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-96). - Inspection and regulations concerning shellfish. License. - (a) The Department of Agriculture may inspect shellfish beds and...

Section 26-192d. (Formerly Sec. 19a-97). - Appeals from orders, suspension or revocation of a license. - Any person, firm or corporation aggrieved by any order, suspension...

Section 26-192e. (Formerly Sec. 19a-98). - Classification of coastal waters, shores and tidal flats for the taking of shellfish. - (a) The Department of Agriculture may prohibit the taking or...

Section 26-192f. (Formerly Sec. 19a-99). - Penalties. - Any person, firm or corporation (1) harvesting or taking shellfish...

Section 26-192g. (Formerly Sec. 19a-100). - Enforcement. - The provisions of sections 26-192e and 26-192f relating to the...

Section 26-192h. (Formerly Sec. 19a-101). - License for the taking of shellfish from closed areas for certain purposes. - Shellfish may be taken by commercial harvesters from areas classified...

Section 26-192i. (Formerly Sec. 19a-95). - Shellfish; definition. - When used in sections 26-192c to 26-192h, inclusive, the term...

Section 26-192j. - Pollution which affects shellfish grounds. Liability to municipal shellfish commission. - (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture may investigate any suspected or...

Section 26-192k. - Shellfish relay from restricted relay grounds. Tag identification information confidential. Code re harvest location. - (a) The Department of Agriculture shall allow the relay of...

Section 26-192l. - Department of Agriculture's shellfish research and survey vessel. - The Department of Agriculture's dedicated vessel, used for the research...

Section 26-192m. - Aquaculture Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Annual report. - Section 26-192m is repealed, effective May 23, 2022. (June Sp....

Section 26-193. - Natural oyster beds: Map on file. - The locations and descriptions of the natural oyster beds respectively...

Section 26-194. - Leasing of shellfish grounds. Fee. Utility lines and public use structures. Shellfish removal or relocation costs. Annual host payments for Long Island Sound crossings. Deposit of fee proceeds. Designation of shellfish areas to regi... - (a) Except as provided in subsection (e) of this section,...

Section 26-194a. - Lease of a state shellfish bed to a municipality for recreational shellfishing. Fees. - The Commissioner of Agriculture may lease any state recreational shellfish...

Section 26-194b. - Lease of shellfish parcels for use by nonprofit education or conservation organizations. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Commissioner of...

Section 26-195. - State ground; determination of disputed boundaries. - All questions and disputes touching the ownership, title, buoys, boundaries,...

Section 26-196. - Determination of disputed boundaries in other cases. - When any designation of shellfish grounds which are wholly or...

Section 26-197. - Commissioners' fees on hearings. - Section 26-197 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5033; P.A. 78-48,...

Section 26-198. - Fees for recording or copying. - The same fees shall be paid for recording or copying...

Section 26-199. - Recording of transfers. - All transfers of title to oyster grounds within state jurisdiction...

Section 26-200. - Survey and staking; maps; fee. - Said Commissioner of Agriculture shall, previous to the delivery of...

Section 26-201. - Release to the state. - Any owner of grounds designated for the cultivation of oysters...

Section 26-202. - Leasing beacon ground. - The Commissioner of Agriculture may hire and take upon leases...

Section 26-203. - Buoying of certain natural beds. - The Commissioner of Agriculture shall cause those natural or public...

Section 26-204. - Grant of right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with established fishing right void. - Except as provided in section 26-194, said Commissioner of Agriculture...

Section 26-205. - Wardens; appointment, duties and powers. - Section 26-205 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 26-206. - Shellfish police. - The Commissioner of Agriculture may, upon the application of the...

Section 26-207. - Taxation of shellfish grounds. - Any owner of shellfish grounds, franchise or franchises lying within...

Section 26-208. - Laying of tax. - All statements so delivered or made shall be alphabetically arranged,...

Section 26-209. - Appeal. - Any person aggrieved by the action of the Commissioner of...

Section 26-210. - Collection of tax. - If any tax so laid is not paid on or...

Section 26-211. - Taxes unpaid five years; reversion. - When the taxes on any oyster grounds within the exclusive...

Section 26-212. - Licensing and numbering of shellfish vessels. Fee. - No person shall take or gather for commercial purposes oysters,...

Section 26-213. - License to work on natural beds. - No person shall take or gather for commercial purposes oysters,...

Section 26-214. - Nonresident oystermen. Foreign vessels prohibited. - Section 26-214 is repealed, effective June 23, 1999. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 26-215. - Power dredges. Local shellfish commissions. Use of power dredges to restore shellfish beds. - (a) There shall not be used on any licensed boat...

Section 26-216. - Penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of section 26-215, or...

Section 26-217. - Use of chain bags on natural oyster beds. - No person shall use any dredge with a chain bag...

Section 26-218. - License forfeited on conviction. - The conviction of any person of dredging without a license,...

Section 26-219. - License to take conchs. - Section 26-219 is repealed, effective January 1, 2016. (1949, S....

Section 26-220. - Shellfish spawning beds. - The Commissioner of Agriculture may designate in such manner as...

Section 26-221 to 26-223. - Mud dumping. Notice of intended dumping on private oyster beds. Dumping inspectors. - Sections 26-221 to 26-223, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...

Section 26-224. - Deposit of injurious substances in tidal waters or on oyster ground. Penalty. - Any person who wilfully and knowingly deposits or assists in...

Section 26-224a. - Depositing of shellfish in tidal waters. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt regulations in accordance...

Section 26-225. - Stealing oysters. - Any person who, in the daytime, unlawfully takes and carries...

Section 26-226. - Injury to enclosure. - Any person who wilfully injures any oyster enclosure legally designated,...

Section 26-227. - Taking from designated but unmarked ground. - No person shall dredge, plant or collect any shells, shellfish...

Section 26-228. - Taking shellfish between sunset and sunrise. - Any person who, between sunset and sunrise, takes or collects...

Section 26-229. - Injury to monuments. - Any person who wilfully injures, removes or displaces any range...

Section 26-230. - Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground. - Any person who applies for and procures any designation of...

Section 26-231. - Towing dredge prohibited. - Any person who, without the written permission of the owner...

Section 26-232. - Taking oysters from natural beds or the Housatonic or Saugatuck Rivers. - (a) Any person who (1) between the twentieth day of...

Section 26-233. - Taking oysters from Housatonic River. - Section 26-233 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5065; 1961, P.A....

Section 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....

Section 26-234a. - Daily limit on oysters. - Section 26-234a is repealed, effective October 1, 1999. (1969, P.A....

Section 26-234b. - Taking of eastern oysters. Regulations. - No person may take eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from the...

Section 26-235. - Taking of clams. Recreational harvest limit. Penalties. Defacing or removal of sign. - (a) No person shall take any long clams less than...

Section 26-236. - Uncertified natural grounds. - No provisions of any public or special act concerning the...

Section 26-237. - Penalty. - Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which...

Section 26-237a. - Deposit of cultch material on state shellfish beds. - There is established within the Department of Agriculture a program...

Section 26-237b. - Shellfish Fund. - (a) There is established and created a fund to be...

Section 26-237c. - License for the harvesting of oysters from state shellfish grounds. - Section 26-237c is repealed, effective June 3, 2004, and applicable...

Section 26-237d. - Municipal collection of sea water samples for shellfish harvest water classification. - (a) The Department of Agriculture may, upon written request of...

Section 26-237e. - Resource assessment permits. - A resource assessment permit issued by the Department of Agriculture...

Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries

Section 26-238. - Town oyster ground committee. - Section 26-238 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5069; P.A. 86-225,...

Section 26-239. - Certain grants of oyster, clam and mussel grounds valid. - Any grant of oyster, clam or mussel ground, made by...

Section 26-240. - Town ground; designation; designation requirements and prohibitions; hearing. - (a) Any person desiring to plant or cultivate oysters, clams...

Section 26-241. - Name of owner to appear on stakes, buoys and markers. Buoy specifications. - (a) All stakes, buoys or other markers placed by any...

Section 26-242. - Granting of designation; condition precedent. - No shellfish commission or selectmen shall grant any designation of...

Section 26-243. - Evidence of designation to be recorded. - The selectmen of each town in which places have been...

Section 26-244. - Lost title; redesignation. Penalty. - Any owner of any such place who has lost the...

Section 26-245. - Fees of shellfish commissions. - A shellfish commission may establish a fee for a description...

Section 26-246. - Designation of disputed lines in local jurisdiction. - When the boundaries of lands or grounds not within the...

Section 26-247. - Removal of beds improperly staked. - When any natural oyster or clam bed, or any part...

Section 26-248. - Procedure to dam creek or inlet. - When the owner of any land in which there is...

Section 26-249. - Private ownership in cultivated shellfish. - Each person who plants or cultivates oysters, clams or mussels,...

Section 26-250. - Taxation of town ground. - Section 26-250 is repealed, effective October 1, 2021. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 26-251. - Natural clam beds not to be designated. - No shellfish commission or selectman of any town shall designate,...

Section 26-252. - Taking of hard or round clams; size. - No rake, tongs, dredge or other device shall be used...

Section 26-253. - Trespass on designated ground. - Any person who wilfully commits any trespass or injury with...

Section 26-254 and 26-255. - Catching of shellfish on bridge pier. Plowing for shellfish along Long Island Sound. - Sections 26-254 and 26-255 are repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5118,...

Section 26-256. - Injury to pond gates and dams. - Any person who injures the dams or gates of any...

Section 26-257. - Local shellfish grounds under state control. - When shellfish grounds or franchises located within the limits of...

Section 26-257a. - Local shellfish commissions. - (a) Any town, city or borough, acting by its legislative...

Section 26-258. - Location of local natural clam or oyster beds. - The superior court for the judicial district of New Haven,...

Section 26-259. - Maps to be lodged in town clerk's office. - The selectmen of the town of West Haven and the...

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

Section 26-261. - Taking of clams from Oyster River in West Haven and Milford. - Section 26-261 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (1949 Rev.,...

Section 26-262. - Taking of oysters from natural ground in Milford. - Section 26-262 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5110; P.A. 78-334,...

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. - Sections 26-263 to 26-265, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...

Section 26-266. - Shellfisheries in Branford. Grants. Requirements and prohibitions of grants. - (a) The selectmen of the town of Branford or shellfish...

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. - Sections 26-267 to 26-270, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...

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. - Sections 26-271 to 26-275, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 26-276. - Hammonasset River; limitation. - Except as otherwise provided, any person who, in any one...

Section 26-277. - Clinton and Madison; special constables. - The towns of Clinton and Madison may appoint, at annual...

Section 26-278. - Jurisdiction of special constables. - Such special constables and all informing officers of either of...

Section 26-279. - Madison; town rights. - Sections 26-276, 26-277 and 26-278 shall not in any way...

Section 26-280. - Taking of shellfish at Saugatuck Shores in Westport. - No person shall take, remove or carry away shellfish of...

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. - Sections 26-281 to 26-283, inclusive, are repealed. (1949 Rev., S....

Section 26-284. - Thames River oysters; limitation. - Any person who takes or carries away from the Thames...

Section 26-285. - Taking of oysters and clams in Old Lyme regulated. - Any person who takes any clams less than two inches...

Section 26-286. - Taking oysters from the inland waters of East Lyme and Waterford. - Any person who takes any oysters from the inland waters...

Section 26-287. - Waterford-East Lyme shellfish commission. Taking of shellfish from Niantic River. - (a) The Waterford-East Lyme shellfish commission shall consist of four...

Section 26-288. - Escallops. - No person shall have in his possession any escallops other...

Section 26-289. - Dredging for escallops in Little Narragansett Bay or Stonington Harbor. - Section 26-289 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5093; P.A. 79-293,...

Section 26-290. - Taking of escallops in Groton. - The town council of Groton may prohibit the taking of...

Section 26-291. - Taking of oysters and clams in Stonington. - Section 26-291 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5116; 1959, P.A....

Section 26-291a. - Taking of clams and oysters in Stonington. - (a) The board of selectmen in the town of Stonington...

Section 26-292. - Taking of escallops in the waters of Stonington. - The board of selectmen of the town of Stonington may...

Section 26-292a. - Cockenoe Flats shellfish grounds, Westport. Jurisdiction. Recreational clamming permits. - Jurisdiction of shellfish grounds known as Cockenoe Flats in the...

Section 26-292b. - Hand-harvesting horseshoe crabs in the town of Stratford. Prohibition. Violation. - (a) No person shall engage in the hand-harvest of horseshoe...

Section 26-292c. - Recommendations for horseshoe crab taking restricted areas. - Not later than January 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Energy...

Section 26-293. - Prosecutions. - Section 26-293 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 5121; 1961, P.A....

Section 26-294. - Penalty. - Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, for...

Chapter 493 - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission

Section 26-295. - Compact for state membership in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission. - The Governor of this state is hereby authorized and directed...

Section 26-296. - Joint regulation of specific fisheries. - (a) The state of Connecticut hereby enters into an amendment...

Section 26-297. - Members. - In pursuance of Article III of said compact there shall...

Section 26-298. - Powers. - Section 26-298 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 3561; 1971, P.A....

Section 26-299. - Powers to be additional. - Any powers herein granted to the commission shall be regarded...

Section 26-300. - Appropriation for expenses. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall include in...

Section 26-301. - Accounts. - The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and...

Chapter 494 - Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Compact

Section 26-302. - Compact for state membership in the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission. - The state of Connecticut hereby agrees with the states of...

Chapter 495 - Endangered Species

Section 26-303. - Findings. Policy. - The General Assembly finds that certain species of wildlife and...

Section 26-304. - Definitions. - As used in sections 22a-2, 23-5c, 23-74, 23-75, 26-40c, 26-40d,...

Section 26-305. - Program for the protection of endangered and threatened species. - There is established a program for the protection of endangered...

Section 26-306. - Regulations. Determination of whether any native species is endangered, threatened or of special concern. List. Essential habitats identified. - (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the...

Section 26-307. - Review. - The commissioner shall review, at least every five years, the...

Section 26-308. - Treatment of species not listed as endangered or threatened as endangered or threatened species. - (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the...

Section 26-309. - State acquisition of essential habitat. Management. - (a) The commissioner may acquire for and on behalf of...

Section 26-310. - Actions by state agencies which affect endangered or threatened species or species of special concern or essential habitats of such species. - (a) Each state agency, in consultation with the commissioner, shall...

Section 26-311. - Taking of endangered or threatened species. Construction of chapter. - (a) Except as otherwise provided in section 26-310, it is...

Section 26-312. - Violation. Order. Hearing. - If the commissioner or his duly authorized agent finds that...

Section 26-313. - Disclosure. - Notwithstanding the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, as...

Section 26-314. - Natural Area Preserves Advisory Committee. - There is established a Natural Area Preserves Advisory Committee which...

Section 26-315. - Elephant ivory. - If the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines that...

Section 26-316. - Eelgrass beds. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations,...

Section 26-317. - Big Six African species. Defined. Importation, possession, sale, offering for sale and transporting prohibited. Enforcement. Exemptions. Seizing of specimen. Violation. Penalty. - (a) For purposes of this section, “big six African species”...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 26 - Fisheries and Game

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Title 26 - Fisheries and Game