Connecticut General Statutes
Title 26 - Fisheries and Game
Chapter 490 - 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 - Section 26-4 is repealed.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 - Sections 26-10 to 26-13, inclusive, are repealed.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 - Section 26-14 is repealed, effective April 14, 2010.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...

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Connecticut General Statutes Title 26 - Fisheries and Game Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game

Connecticut General Statutes
Title 26 - Fisheries and Game
Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game