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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 - Sections 26-187 to 26-191, inclusive, are repealed.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 - Section 26-192m is repealed, effective May 23, 2022.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...