Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-287 — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 492 / Section 26-287
Sec. 26-287. Waterford-East Lyme shellfish commission. Taking of shellfish from Niantic River.
Status: in_force

(b) No person shall, at any time, take any scallops which may pass through a two and one-half inch ring or more than three bushels of scallops in any one day, provided said commission may increase or decrease the daily limit at any time after it has been in force for thirty days.

(c) All constables and other informing officers of either of said towns shall inquire after and prosecute for any violation of this section. For the purpose of enforcing the same, all constables in either of said towns shall have supervision and jurisdiction over that part of the waters of the Niantic River from Golden Spur Bridge southerly to the highway bridge at the Rope Ferry Road, so called, and all offenses committed within said limits, in the same manner and to the same extent as though said portion of said river was within the town within which such officials have jurisdiction.

(d) Said commission may designate special officers for the enforcement of this section whose compensation shall be determined by the commission. All moneys collected by either the town of Waterford or the town of East Lyme under the provisions of this section shall be paid to the commission and used by it for the protection and propagation of scallops, oysters and clams and other shellfish in the waters of the Niantic River.

(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section or any regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and upon conviction the court may order that such person shall not be entitled to a permit or license to take scallops, oysters and clams from the Niantic River until the beginning of the second season the river is opened by the commission following such conviction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-3c — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-3c
Sec. 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.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall establish a schedule of the parts of fees to be retained by agents for the issuance of certain hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, permits, stamps and tags.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-128 — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-128
Sec. 26-128. Carp and goldfish.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, governing the taking of carp by bow and arrow in the Thames River, the Connecticut River and its coves downstream of the Arrigoni Bridge, the Coginchaug River downstream of Route 3, including the Cromwell Meadows Wildlife Management Area, the Quinnipiac River downstream of Route 40 and the Housatonic River downstream of the Derby Dam. Until such time as regulations are adopted there shall be no closed season for carp taken by bow and arrow in said areas.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157a — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-157a
Sec. 26-157a. Lobster management program.
Status: in_force

(b) All lobster pots, traps or similar devices for the catching of lobsters shall be suitably identified by having legibly branded on the top of the pot, or trap or similar device and painted or branded on the float in letters or figures not less than three-quarters of an inch in height the number of the license issued by the commissioner to the owner of such pot, trap or similar device for the taking of lobsters. All lobster pots, traps or similar devices not marked as provided in this subsection and all lobsters found in such lobster pots, traps or similar devices may be seized by any authorized representative of the department and disposed of as determined by the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, governing a lobster management plan. Such regulations shall be consistent with the Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission's lobster management plan. Such regulations shall not include any fee related to the development or implementation of such plan. Following adoption of the regulations in this subsection, the commissioner may charge a fee for a tag to be attached or affixed to each pot, trap or similar device. Such fee shall be consistent with the cost of the tag which shall be provided by a person selected in accordance with section 4a-57 . In addition to such fee, the commissioner may charge up to three cents per tag for the administrative costs of the development and implementation of such plan.

(c) No person shall bring ashore in this state or possess on the waters of this state, live lobsters unless licensed to take lobsters in Connecticut waters except such lobsters as were legally brought into such waters from ashore or were obtained from a person licensed to take such lobsters; provided, the commissioner may issue a landing license for the landing and selling in this state of live lobsters, to residents of states which do not issue nonresident commercial fishing licenses, provided such lobsters were taken in waters where such nonresidents were licensed to take such lobsters.

(d) No person shall bring ashore in this state or possess on the waters of this state any portion of a lobster including lobster meat, lobster claws, lobster tails or other parts, except as were legally brought into such waters from ashore or except for immediate personal consumption.

(e) No person shall set, tend or assist in setting or tending any lobster pot, trap or similar device for the catching of lobsters or set any mooring on any oyster bed without the permission of the owner or lessee of such bed.

(f) Any person who violates any provision of this section, section 2 of public act 85-434* or any regulation adopted in accordance with section 26-157c shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor for each offense, and each lobster taken or possessed, and each net, pot, trap, trawl, spear or similar device used in violation of any provision of this section, section 2 of public act 85-434* or any regulation adopted in accordance with section 26-157c shall constitute a separate offense, except that any person who violates any provision of section 2 of public act 85-434* or any regulation adopted in accordance with section 26-157c shall be fined twenty-five dollars for each lobster taken or possessed for the first violation, fifty dollars for each lobster taken or possessed for the second violation and one hundred dollars for each lobster taken or possessed for each subsequent offense. No part of any fine imposed pursuant to this subsection shall be remitted.

*Note: Section 2 of public act 85-434 is temporary in nature and therefore has not been codified.

Cited. 9 CA 228.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-194 — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 491 / Section 26-194
Sec. 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 regional agricultural science and technology education centers. Leases for small-scale aquaculture operations.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon request of a lessee, the commissioner may divide or consolidate shellfish grounds leased by such lessee, if the commissioner determines such division or consolidation to be in the best interests of the state. The minimum fee per acre shall apply to shellfish grounds divided or consolidated pursuant to this subsection.

(c) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall assess the owner of any facility that requires a certificate issued pursuant to section 16-50k or that requires approval by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and that crosses any grounds of Long Island Sound within the jurisdiction of the state, including, but not limited to, any shellfish area or leased, designated or granted grounds, an annual host payment fee of forty cents per linear foot for the length of such facility within the jurisdiction of the state. Seventy-five per cent of the proceeds of such fee shall be deposited in the Shellfish Fund, established pursuant to section 26-237b , and in the expand and grow Connecticut agriculture account, established in section 22-38c . The commissioner shall determine the portion of such seventy-five per cent that shall be deposited in each account. The commissioner shall transfer the remaining twenty-five per cent of such proceeds to the General Fund.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any owner of a utility line or public use structure that impacts a leased area shall pay to the lessee the costs of removing or relocating any shellfish. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the state or any lessee from recovering damages incurred by the state or the lessee caused by the installation, construction or presence of such utility line or public use structure.

(e) The commissioner may designate to each regional agricultural science and technology education center, established pursuant to section 10-64 , shellfish areas described in subsection (a) of this section that are necessary for conducting educational grow-out activities related to commercial scale aquaculture operations within state jurisdictional waters, provided: (1) The total acreage designated pursuant to this subsection for each such center is not more than fifty acres of restricted relay grow-out beds and fifty acres of approved harvest beds; and (2) any shellfish areas designated pursuant to this subsection are not in production at the time of such designation.

(f) The Commissioner of Agriculture may designate an agent within the department to exercise the authority of said commissioner under this section.

(g) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall encourage the development and expansion of new and existing small-scale aquaculture operations for shellfish. The commissioner may designate shellfish grounds available for annual leasing to such small-scale aquaculture operations under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, except that the commissioner may require that all bidders be a small-scale aquaculture operation or offer such leases at a fixed price determined by the commissioner. Each applicant and all required individuals associated with the applicant shall have obtained the necessary licenses under this chapter prior to the commencement of the lease. All provisions of section 26-192c shall apply to leases issued pursuant to this subsection. For purposes of this subsection, “small-scale aquaculture operation” means an aquaculture operation that either operates in one hundred fifty acres or less of shellfish grounds or that has operated for the production of shellfish for four or fewer years.

Cited. 146 C. 619.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-129 — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-129
Sec. 26-129. Forfeiture of fishing tackle.
Status: in_force

Section upheld and various points discussed. 90 C. 584. Cited. 37 C. 320; 79 C. 701; 318 U.S. 151.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-28b — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-28b
Sec. 26-28b. Marine waters fishing license. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(b) No marine waters fishing license shall be required for any person who is rowing a boat or operating the motor of a boat from which other persons are taking or attempting to take fish.

(c) The taking of fish and bait species as herein provided shall be regarded as sport fishing and the taking or landing of such species in the marine district by commercial methods for commercial purposes shall be governed by other provisions of this chapter.

(d) No marine waters fishing license shall be required for any resident of the state who is participating in a fishing derby authorized in writing by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection provided (1) no fees are charged for such derby, (2) such derby has a duration of one day or less, and (3) such derby is sponsored by a nonprofit civic service organization. Such organization shall be limited to one derby in any calendar year.

(e) No marine waters fishing license shall be required for any person who is fishing as a passenger on a party or charter fishing vessel registered under section 26-142a and operating solely in the marine district.

(f) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may designate one day in each calendar year when no license shall be required for sport fishing in the marine district.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-31 — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-31
Sec. 26-31. Instruction in handling and use of hunting weapons. Required education course for reinstatement of suspended license.
Status: in_force

(b) No firearms hunting, archery hunting or trapping license shall be issued to any person unless he presents proof in the form of a license or certified copy thereof that he has held a similar resident license to hunt with firearms or with bow and arrow or to trap within five years from the date of application in any state or country or possession thereof, or unless he presents to the town clerk a certificate of completion issued under subsection (a) of this section or an equivalent, as deemed by the commissioner, of such certificate. Each town clerk shall transmit all such certificates presented to him to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in connection with his report to the commissioner under section 26-36 .

(c) Any person who obtains a firearms hunting, archery hunting or trapping license by giving false information or by presenting a fraudulent certificate shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than one hundred dollars and such license, or any such subsequent license procured by such person on the basis of any fraudulent statement or act in procuring such original license, shall be revoked and shall not be reissued for one year from the date of such revocation.

(d) Any certified conservation education-firearms safety instructor while giving such instruction and any person scheduled to receive such instruction may possess and transport shotguns and rifles on Sunday and on said day may discharge such firearms on any state-owned property with prior approval of the agency controlling such property and on any privately owned property with the permission of the owner, the provisions of section 26-73 to the contrary notwithstanding.

(e) There is annually appropriated to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection from the General Fund the sum of fifty thousand dollars to be used by said department for the purchase of supplies and materials and necessary personal services in carrying out the provisions of this section.

(f) Any person who has been refused a certificate of completion under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section may appeal from such refusal to the commissioner, who shall make the final determination on issuance of such certificate to the applicant.

(g) Any holder of a hunting license which has been suspended under section 26-61 , for a hunting safety violation as identified by the commissioner in the Hunting and Trapping Guide published annually by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or any holder of such a license which has been suspended under section 26-62 shall successfully complete a remedial hunter education course formulated by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and show proof that the hunter has successfully completed a conservation education-firearms safety course or its equivalent, as deemed by the commissioner, prior to any reinstatement of such license.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-80a — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-80a
Sec. 26-80a. Illegal taking of moose or bear. Suspension of hunting license. Penalties. Use of deadly force to kill a bear. Authorization. Requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) Nothing in this section shall prevent the commissioner from designating an open season on the hunting of moose and bear pursuant to this part.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent any person from using deadly physical force to kill a bear if such person reasonably believes that a bear is: (1) Inflicting or is about to inflict great bodily harm to a human, (2) injuring or killing such person's pet that is otherwise controlled in accordance with any applicable provision of the general statutes or any regulation adopted pursuant to such a provision, or (3) entering a building occupied by persons.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192c — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 491 / Section 26-192c
Sec. 26-192c. (Formerly Sec. 19a-96). Inspection and regulations concerning shellfish. License.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Agriculture may delegate its licensing authority pursuant to this section and sections 26-192f and 26-192h to other state agencies and to local agencies.

See Sec. 26-192i for definition of “shellfish”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157b — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-157b
Sec. 26-157b. Reports. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this subsection, any person who violates any reporting requirement under subsection (a) of this section shall have committed an infraction and may pay the fine by mail or plead not guilty under the provisions of section 51-164n and shall be subject to the provisions of section 26-61 .

(2) Any person who falsifies a report of a quota-managed species landing, sale or purchase shall have committed a class D misdemeanor and shall be subject to the provisions of section 26-61 .

(c) Notwithstanding any provision of section 1-210 to the contrary, no person shall obtain, attempt to obtain or release to any person or government agency any identifiable individual record from any report required to be submitted or voluntarily submitted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, or any identifiable fishery record or fishery sampling information provided or submitted voluntarily or received by the department upon request of the commissioner, without the consent of the person making the report or providing the information, provided: (1) The commissioner may authorize the release of such information for the purposes of fisheries research, management and development and conservation law enforcement; (2) the identity of persons holding any endorsement, license, permit or registration issued under the authority of section 26-142a , including any associated fishing privileges as may be established by a provision of the general statutes or by the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, shall be a matter of public record; and (3) catch or landings data aggregated by species, month and statistical catch area shall be a matter of public record regardless of the number of fishermen contributing to such aggregate catch or landings. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both and each such violation shall constitute a separate offense.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-78a — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-78a
Sec. 26-78a. Donation of game to charitable organizations.
Status: in_force

(b) Hunted game may be donated to, and possessed, prepared and distributed by, a charitable or nonprofit organization which serves or distributes food without cost to poor or needy persons. Neither the state nor any of its political subdivisions shall be held liable for damages resulting from the consumption of hunted game donated under this section.

(c) Any charitable or nonprofit organization which serves or distributes any hunted game under this section shall provide for notification to the recipients of such service or distribution that such game has not been inspected by any government agency and shall clearly and conspicuously display a sign at any location of such service or distribution which indicates the type of game being served or distributed and that such game was not required to be inspected under the Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Hunted game donated pursuant to this section shall be dressed, packaged, refrigerated, dated and tagged, labeled or marked “not for sale”. Such tag, label, or marking shall (1) indicate that neither the state nor any of its political subdivisions shall be liable for damages resulting from the consumption of such game donated under this section, (2) identify the person or organization donating such game, (3) identify the type of game and (4) indicate that such game was not required to be inspected under the Connecticut Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.

(d) Hunted game or parts thereof donated as food in compliance with this section shall not be subject to the provisions of chapter 418 and section 26-78 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-240 — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 492 / Section 26-240
Sec. 26-240. Town ground; designation; designation requirements and prohibitions; hearing.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any owner of a utility line or public use structure that impacts a designated area shall pay to the designee the costs of removing or relocating any shellfish. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit the state, the shellfish commission, the board of selectmen or a designee from recovering damages incurred by the state, the shellfish commission, the board of selectmen or the designee caused by the installation, construction or presence of such utility line or public use structure.

Designation of natural oyster ground is invalid; may be so shown by parol. 37 C. 320; 42 C. 255; 56 C. 509; 64 C. 217; 66 C. 285. There can be no title by adverse possession, as against the state; section is constitutional; town designation is seemingly perpetual. 56 C. 509. No right, adverse to the public, is acquired until the ground is staked. 57 C. 576. Right of upland proprietor to wharf and channel is not affected by an oyster-ground designation to another. 62 C. 132. Evidence as to boundaries considered. 74 C. 374. Cited. 89 C. 7. Recipients of designations took the same subject to such rights as existed in town to discharge sewage; nature of rights acquired. 112 C. 215.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-76 — Connecticut Code / Title 26 / Chapter 490 / Section 26-76
Sec. 26-76. Possession limit of game birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 26-58 re taxidermist's license.