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CT Gen Stat § 26-25 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-25 - Commissioner may declare closed season or extend open season.

 (a) The commissioner may, when he finds that extraordinary precautions are necessary to prevent fires in any woodland of the state, declare a closed season, during which sport fishing in inland waters or hunting on any land or waters of the state shall be suspended and the provisions relating to closed seasons shall be in force; but the provisions of this section shall not apply to the hunting of sea coots (scoters), old squaw and eider ducks from boats or rock formations in open coastal waters seaward of the first upstream bridge; to licensed shooting preserves, or to authorized field trials sanctioned by the American Kennel Club or American Field; or to sport fishing from boats, docks, wharves, floats or bridges in lakes and ponds, the Connecticut River, the Thames River and the Housatonic River downstream of Derby Dam when such lakes, ponds and rivers can be reached over open roads and access to such lakes, ponds and rivers by sport fishermen is by this means, to shad fishing at the state-controlled area of the Enfield Dam in Suffield, or to fishing in licensed commercial hatcheries. Upon the termination of the necessity for any such closed season, the commissioner may reopen the season. Whenever the commissioner, under the provisions of this subsection, declares a closed season for any period, he may extend the open season for an equal period.(b) The commissioner may, when he finds that the harvest level for a species exceeds or fails to meet the harvest level for efficient management of such species, declare a closed season or extend the open season for the sport fishing, hunting or trapping of such species. Any closed season or extended open season may be limited to a specific area.(c) Whenever the commissioner declares a closed season, the reopening of a closed season or the extension of an open season under the provisions of this section, he shall cause notice thereof to be published in the Connecticut Law Journal.(1949 Rev., S. 4851; 1955, S. 2448d; February, 1965, P.A. 61, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 228; P.A. 86-26.)History: 1965 act clarified prohibitions and exceptions to them by referring to specific waterfowl and shore birds excepted from provisions, to specific rivers excepted, to shad fishing in the state-controlled area of the Enfield Dam and to fishing in licensed commercial hatcheries, and deleted provision which had allowed continuation of open season beyond November thirtieth in any year; 1971 act transferred powers formerly held by governor to commissioner of environmental protection and required that notice be published in Connecticut Law Journal when closed season declared or when it is reopened or when open season is extended; P.A. 86-26 divided section into Subsecs. and added new provision concerning closed and open seasons when harvest levels exceed or fail to meet harvest levels for efficient management.See Sec. 23-50 re authority of Governor to close forests as precaution against fires.
CT Gen Stat § 26-25a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-25a - Regulation of feeding of wildlife on state-owned property.

 (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 prohibiting or restricting the feeding of wildlife on state-owned property. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, procedures for designating areas subject to such prohibitions or restrictions. Any such designation shall be effective after public notice and a public comment period.(b) Any conservation officer appointed pursuant to section 26-5 and any other officer authorized to serve criminal process may enforce any regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Any violation of such regulations shall be an infraction.(P.A. 87-546; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-25b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-25b - Disclosure of stocking schedules.

 Notwithstanding any provision of section 1-210 to the contrary, any schedule describing the date and location of the stocking or release of any fish or animal into the wild shall not be disclosed to the public until after such stocking or release has taken place unless the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection deems such disclosure to be in the best interest of proper fish or wildlife management.(P.A. 90-166, S. 3, 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-25c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-25c - Release of lighter-than-air balloons restricted. Penalty.

 (a) No person, nonprofit organization, firm or corporation, including the state and its political subdivisions, shall knowingly release, organize the release of or intentionally cause to be released into the atmosphere within a twenty-four-hour period ten or more helium or other lighter-than-air gas balloons in the state.(b) Any violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be an infraction.(P.A. 90-7.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-26 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-26 - Enforcement in state boundary waters of fish and game laws.

 If and when the state of Rhode Island, the state of Massachusetts or the state of New York enacts a similar law for arrest and punishment for violations of the fish and game laws of this state, or of the state of Rhode Island, the state of Massachusetts or the state of New York, committed or attempted to be committed by any person or persons fishing in that portion of any waters lying between any of such states and this state, any game protector, conservation officer, fish and game warden or other person of either state who is authorized to make arrests for such violations of the fish and game laws of any such other state or this state shall have authority to make arrests on any part of any such waters lying between such states and to take the person or persons so arrested for trial to the state in which the violation was committed, for prosecution according to the laws of such state.(1949 Rev., S. 4863.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-26a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-26a - Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Compact.

 Section 26-26a is repealed, effective October 1, 2013.(P.A. 99-136, S. 2; P.A. 13-248, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-27a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-27a - Junior licenses.

 As used in this part:(1) “Junior firearms hunting license” means a license issued for firearms hunting to persons between twelve and sixteen years of age;(2) “Junior archery hunting license” means a license issued for archery hunting to persons between twelve and sixteen years of age;(3) “Junior trapping license” means a license issued for trapping to persons under sixteen years of age.(P.A. 82-366, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-27d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|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 Connecticut Migratory Bird and Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamps program. The board shall consist of seven members appointed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The members of the board shall be individuals representing organizations having a record of activity in migratory or resident game bird or habitat conservation or who have an expertise or recognized knowledge in an area pertinent and valuable to the program. The board shall elect a chairman from among its membership on or before July 1, 1992. The chairman shall be unaffiliated with any administrative agency of the state.(b) The board shall advise the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection on the design, production and procurement of the Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp and the Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp and the expenditure of funds generated from the sale of such stamps and associated art products pursuant to sections 26-27b and 26-27c.(P.A. 92-133, S. 3, 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 442; P.A. 10-3, S. 70; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 16-27, S. 5.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (b) to delete provision re expenditure of funds generated from sale of stamps; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (b) by adding duty to advise commissioner on expenditure of funds generated from sale of stamps and associated art products, effective April 14, 2010; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 16-27 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp program” with “Connecticut Migratory Bird and Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamps program”, add “or resident game” and delete “wetland”, and amended Subsec. (b) to add reference to Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 26-27e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|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 contain a conspicuous statement with or printed on such license stating that any person who intentionally discards fishing line or other litter in the waters of the state, on public property of the state or on private property not owned by such person, shall be subject to a fine under section 22a-250.(P.A. 08-144, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-27f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-27f - Three-day out-of-state bird hunting license. Fee. Regulations.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish a three-day out-of-state bird hunting license that may be used to hunt migratory birds and resident game birds. The fee for such license shall be thirty-five dollars and shall be in addition to any other permit or stamp requirement. All funds collected from such fee shall be deposited into the migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account established pursuant to section 26-27c.(P.A. 16-27, S. 6.)History: P.A. 16-27 effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 26-27g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-27g - Lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. Authorization. Regulations.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 to establish and issue lifetime hunting and fishing licenses, permits and stamps and combinations thereof.(P.A. 18-181, S. 3.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-28a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-28a - Combination licenses for servicemen. Fee.

 Section 26-28a is repealed.(1967, P.A. 211, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 79, S. 1; P.A. 79-81, S. 2, 3; P.A. 81-298, S. 3, 9; P.A. 82-366, S. 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-28b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-28b - Marine waters fishing license. Exemptions.

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), (d), (e) or (f) of this section and other provisions of this chapter providing specific license exemption, no person more than sixteen years of age shall take, attempt to take or assist in taking any fish or bait species in the marine district by any method or land marine fish and bait species in the state regardless of where such marine fish or bait species are taken, without first having obtained a marine waters fishing license as provided in section 26-28c.(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.(P.A. 09-173, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 15-52, S. 7.)History: P.A. 09-173 effective June 15, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsecs. (d) and (f), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 15-52 amended Subsec. (e) by changing “party boat, charter boat or head boat” to “party or charter fishing vessel”, effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 26-28c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-28c - Marine waters fishing license fees.

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the fee for a resident marine waters fishing license shall be as specified in section 26-28. Persons sixty-five years of age and over who have been residents of this state for not less than one year may be issued an annual marine waters fishing license without fee. The town clerk shall retain a recording fee of one dollar for each marine waters fishing license issued by him or her.(b) Any nonresident residing in one of the New England states or the state of New York may procure a marine waters fishing license for the same fee or fees as a resident of this state if he or she is a resident of a state the laws of which allow the same privilege to residents of this state.(P.A. 09-173, S. 5; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8, S. 22.)History: P.A. 09-173 effective June 15, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8 amended Subsec. (a) to change fees from $10 and $15 to amounts specified in Sec. 26-28, effective October 5, 2009.
CT Gen Stat § 26-29 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-29 - Free lifetime fishing license for person who is blind.

 No fee shall be charged for any sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any person who is blind, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35. Proof of such blindness shall be furnished, in the case of a veteran, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and, in the case of any other person, by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. For the purpose of this section, a person shall be blind only if his or her central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or if his or her visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.(1955, S. 2471d; 1957, P.A. 321, S. 1; P.A. 07-133, S. 3; P.A. 11-44, S. 30; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 82; P.A. 17-202, S. 77; P.A. 18-72, S. 30; P.A. 19-157, S. 81.)History: P.A. 07-133 added provision making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-44 replaced “State Board of Education of the Blind” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-202 replaced “blind person” with “person who is blind” and made technical changes; P.A. 18-72 replaced “Veterans' Administration” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”.
CT Gen Stat § 26-29a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-29a - Free lifetime fishing licenses for persons with intellectual disability.

 No fee shall be charged for any sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any person with intellectual disability, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35. Proof of intellectual disability shall consist of a certificate to that effect issued by a licensed physician or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse.(1963, P.A. 77; P.A. 07-133, S. 4; P.A. 13-139, S. 29; P.A. 16-39, S. 53.)History: P.A. 07-133 added provision making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 13-139 substituted “intellectual disability” for “mental retardation”; P.A. 16-39 replaced “any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state” with “a licensed physician or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse”.
CT Gen Stat § 26-29b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|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 or trapping license issued under this chapter to any person with physical disability, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35. For the purposes of this section, a “person with physical disability” is any person whose disability consists of the loss of one or more limbs or the permanent loss of the use of one or more limbs. A person with physical disability shall submit to the commissioner a certification, signed by a licensed physician or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, of such physical disability. No fee shall be charged for any hunting or sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any person with physical disability who is not a resident of this state if such person is a resident of a state in which a person with physical disability from Connecticut will not be required to pay a fee for a hunting or sport fishing license, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35.(P.A. 87-513, S. 1; P.A. 93-256, S. 2, 6; P.A. 07-133, S. 5; P.A. 16-39, S. 54; P.A. 17-202, S. 78.)History: P.A. 93-256 expanded eligibility for licenses under this section and added eligibility for free trapping licenses, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 07-133 added provisions making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 16-39 added reference to licensed advanced practice registered nurse; P.A. 17-202 replaced references to physically disabled person with references to person with physical disability and made a conforming change.
CT Gen Stat § 26-29c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-29c - Free private land deer permit for certain farmers.

 Notwithstanding the provisions of section 26-27, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall issue, without fee, a private land deer permit for use only on a farm provided: (1) The farm is an S corporation or a limited liability corporation; and (2) the permit is issued to a corporate member or the immediate family of the corporate member, or to a partner or immediate family of the partner of the limited liability corporation. No such corporate member, partner or family member shall be issued more than one such permit per season. The permit shall allow the use of a rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader or bow and arrow on the farm from November first until December thirty-first, inclusive, of each year. For purposes of this section, “S corporation” means S corporation, as defined in section 12-213, “limited liability corporation” means a company that is treated as a limited liability company for federal income tax purposes, and “immediate family” means a spouse, child, grandchild, sibling or parent.(P.A. 00-67, S. 2; P.A. 03-192, S. 12; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 03-192 added provisions authorizing farms that are limited liability corporations to receive free private land deer permits and made a technical change; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-31a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-31a - Instruction in fishing techniques.

 (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall formulate a course of instruction in fishing techniques to be known as the fishing education and urban angling program. The commissioner shall designate one or more competent persons or organizations to give such instruction. Any person so designated shall give such instruction to any person requesting the same and shall upon successful completion thereof issue a certificate of completion to such person. No fee shall be charged for such instruction.(b) All certified fishing instructors shall, while performing their duties under this section, be covered by liability and property damage insurance protection, which insurance shall be in an amount satisfactory to and negotiated by the Comptroller and the premium for such insurance shall be paid from the General Fund.(P.A. 85-570, S. 1, 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-31b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-31b - Hunting and fishing guide services. Licenses. Fee.

 Section 26-31b is repealed, effective January 1, 2003.(Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 20, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 131.)