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CT Gen Stat § 26-248 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-248 - Procedure to dam creek or inlet.

 When the owner of any land in which there is any saltwater creek or inlet desires to dam, gate or lock the same for any oyster pond, for the cultivation of oysters, he may make application therefor to the selectmen of the town or the shellfish commission where such creek or inlet may be, who shall visit and examine it. If, in the opinion of the selectmen or commission, to dam it will not injure navigation or deprive the public of any rights or privileges, said selectmen or commission shall mark off, or set bounds, where a dam may be built, and report such opinion to a meeting of the town or the commission; and, if such opinion is approved by the meeting or the commission, the owner of such creek or inlet may construct and maintain such dam, gate or lock, for such purpose, during the pleasure of the General Assembly.(1949 Rev., S. 5083; P.A. 86-225, S. 8.)History: P.A. 86-225 amended section to authorize shellfish commission, as well as selectmen, to rule on applications to restrict water flows, where previously the power was restricted to the selectmen.Strict compliance in mode of procedure is requisite; whether all the owners of lands are required to join, quaere; public rights in a natural bed not affected. 42 C. 255.
CT Gen Stat § 26-249 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-249 - Private ownership in cultivated shellfish.

 Each person who plants or cultivates oysters, clams or mussels, in any place lawfully designated, shall own them and also all other oysters, clams or mussels on such place, and have the exclusive right of taking up and disposing of them and of using such place for the purpose of planting or cultivating oysters, clams or mussels therein, which place shall be transferable by written assignment; but nothing herein contained shall affect the rights of any owner of lands in which there may be saltwater creeks or inlets, or which may be opposite or contiguous to such navigable waters; nor authorize any shellfish commission or selectmen to designate, nor any person to mark, stake out or enclose, any natural oyster or clam bed, or infringe upon the free navigation of such waters, or interfere with the drawing of seines in any place established and customarily used for seine fishing.(1949 Rev., S. 5084; P.A. 86-225, S. 9.)History: P.A. 86-225 transferred functions from oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions.To dig shellfish between high and low water marks is a common right. 5 D. 22. Riparian owner may wharf or channel. 62 C. 139. Cited. 112 C. 214; 177 C. 287.When one has franchise to oyster ground, town liable for damage it causes by laying sewer pipes. 12 CS 135.
CT Gen Stat § 26-250 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-250 - Taxation of town ground.

 All shellfish grounds lying within the waters of this state and not exclusively within state jurisdiction shall be taxed in the same manner in all respects as real estate in the several towns within the meridian lines of which such shellfish grounds are situated, and no other tax or rental shall be laid or collected on such grounds or the franchise of any person therein.(1949 Rev., S. 5085.)Cited. 112 C. 214.
CT Gen Stat § 26-251 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-251 - Natural clam beds not to be designated.

 No shellfish commission or selectman of any town shall designate, and no person shall mark, stake out or enclose, for the cultivation of oysters, clams or mussels, any natural clam bed.(1949 Rev., S. 5086; P.A. 86-225, S. 10.)History: P.A. 86-225 transferred functions from oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions.
CT Gen Stat § 26-252 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-252 - Taking of hard or round clams; size.

 No rake, tongs, dredge or other device shall be used for taking hard or round clams in any of the waters of this state, with spaces or openings between the teeth or prongs of less than one inch, and no such clams less than one inch in thickness, or which will pass through a ring of one and one-half inches internal diameter, shall be bought, sold or offered for sale by any person but, if taken, shall, without unnecessary injury, be returned to the water whence taken. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall have committed an infraction.(1949 Rev., S. 5114; P.A. 78-334, S. 14; P.A. 86-225, S. 11.)History: P.A. 78-334 raised minimum fine from $10 to $25 and maximum fine from $50 to $100; P.A. 86-225 eliminated the fine for violations and made violations an infraction.
CT Gen Stat § 26-253 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-253 - Trespass on designated ground.

 Any person who wilfully commits any trespass or injury with eel spears or other implements on any designated oyster ground on which oysters are being cultivated shall have committed an infraction.(1949 Rev., S. 5117; P.A. 78-334, S. 15; P.A. 86-225, S. 12.)History: P.A. 78-334 raised maximum fine from $7 to $10; P.A. 86-225 eliminated the fine for violations and made violations an infraction.Section applies to grounds when defective designation is validated. 64 C. 217.
CT Gen Stat § 26-256 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-256 - Injury to pond gates and dams.

 Any person who injures the dams or gates of any oyster pond shall have committed an infraction.(1949 Rev., S. 5120; P.A. 86-225, S. 13.)History: P.A. 86-225 eliminated fine and imprisonment penalties and specified that injury to dams or gates is an infraction.
CT Gen Stat § 26-257 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-257 - Local shellfish grounds under state control.

 When shellfish grounds or franchises located within the limits of the towns of West Haven, New Haven, Milford and Westport, and northerly of the state jurisdiction line, have been surveyed, and a map of the same made and accepted by the Commissioner of Agriculture according to law, said commissioner shall have and exercise all the powers and duties with reference to the grounds designated thereby which he has with reference to the grounds south of the state jurisdiction line; and any copies of such books, records and maps which were used in connection with such survey shall be kept on file in the office of the commissioner; provided the selectmen of the town of Westport shall have exclusive jurisdiction over, and power to designate, shellfish grounds in the waters, in said town, of all creeks and estuaries tributary to Compo Mill Pond in said town, and the selectmen of the town of Milford shall have exclusive jurisdiction over, and power to designate or lease, shellfish grounds in the waters, in said town, of the Indian River, Gulf Pond and that portion of the Milford Harbor located northerly of the breakwater. The map of such grounds in the town of Milford shall be published with the annual report of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Taxes and rentals on grounds in the towns of West Haven and Westport and in the city of New Haven and on franchises in the town of Milford designated on such maps shall be paid to the treasurer of the town or city.(1949 Rev., S. 5070; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 364; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 34; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commission and commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.Cited. 231 C. 418.
CT Gen Stat § 26-259 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-259 - Maps to be lodged in town clerk's office.

 The selectmen of the town of West Haven and the committees of other towns shall, at the expense of their respective towns, procure and cause to be lodged and kept in the office of the town clerk of each town, respectively, accurate maps showing the boundary lines of their respective towns in the navigable waters of the state and all designations of ground by local authorities for the cultivation of shellfish made within such boundaries, and shall number such designations on such maps and shall cause to be designated on such maps all natural oyster, clam and mussel beds lying within their several towns respectively, as the same are ascertained by the report of such committees so recorded in such towns, and the committee or selectmen who thereafter make any such designation shall mark the same upon such map.(1949 Rev., S. 5073.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-260 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-260 - Selectmen of Milford and West Haven may prohibit the taking of clams.

 The selectmen of the towns of West Haven and Milford may, from time to time as they deem expedient, prohibit the taking of long or soft-shell clams from such portions of the natural clam grounds of their respective towns as they shall from time to time designate, for a period not exceeding one year at a time. When said selectmen designate any place or places within their respective towns from which the taking of long or soft-shell clams is prohibited as aforesaid, the selectmen of the town of West Haven shall publish at least twice in some newspaper published in the city of New Haven, and the selectmen of the town of Milford shall publish at least twice in some newspaper published or having a circulation in the town of Milford, a notice describing the grounds upon which such prohibition is operative, and shall further describe the boundaries of such grounds by posting notices, signed by the selectmen of the town in which such grounds are situated, upon the shore adjacent to such grounds. No person shall take or have in his possession in either of said towns any long or soft-shell clams of less than one and one-half inches in length; and no person shall take any long or soft-shell clams from any grounds from which the taking of the same is prohibited as aforesaid, during the time of such prohibition. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5115; P.A. 12-80, S. 36.)History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $7 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-261 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-261 - Taking of clams from Oyster River in West Haven and Milford.

 Section 26-261 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(1949 Rev., S. 5111; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-262 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-262 - Taking of oysters from natural ground in Milford.

 Section 26-262 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5110; P.A. 78-334, S. 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-276 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-276 - Hammonasset River; limitation.

 Except as otherwise provided, any person who, in any one day, takes, gathers or collects more than two bushels of oysters, clams, mussels or shells, from any portion of Hammonasset River not designated for planting shellfish, shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5088; P.A. 12-80, S. 37.)History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $20 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-277 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-277 - Clinton and Madison; special constables.

 The towns of Clinton and Madison may appoint, at annual or special town meetings, two or more special constables, who may inspect and measure shellfish and shells taken by any person in one day from the portion of the Hammonasset River over which such constables have supervision, authority and control as provided in section 26-278, and may arrest, without warrant, within such portion of said river or within the town to which the officer making the arrest belongs, any person found violating section 26-276, or who has in his possession shellfish or shells taken, gathered or collected by him within said limits in violation of said section. Said towns shall respectively provide for the payment of such special constables as are appointed.(1949 Rev., S. 5095.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-278 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-278 - Jurisdiction of special constables.

 Such special constables and all informing officers of either of said towns shall inquire after and prosecute any violations of sections 26-276 and 26-277. For the purpose of enforcing the same, special constables, appointed as provided in section 26-277, shall have supervision, authority, control and jurisdiction over that part of Hammonasset River lying above a line running across said river at the mouth of Dudley's Creek, and perpendicular to the course of the river, and of offenses committed within said limits in the same way and to the same extent as though such portion of said river was within the town to which such officers belong, and the officers and authorities of the town of Clinton shall have supervision, authority, control and jurisdiction over the remaining portion of said Hammonasset River.(1949 Rev., S. 5096; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 29.)History: 1961 act deleted reference to jurisdictional powers of prosecuting grand jurors and trial justices in Clinton and Madison.
CT Gen Stat § 26-279 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-279 - Madison; town rights.

 Sections 26-276, 26-277 and 26-278 shall not in any way affect the rights of the town of Madison created by or claimed under the act establishing the line between the towns of Guilford and Killingworth, passed in December, 1790.(1949 Rev., S. 5097.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-280 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-280 - Taking of shellfish at Saugatuck Shores in Westport.

 No person shall take, remove or carry away shellfish of any kind from the shores, beaches and flats at “Saugatuck Shores”, so called, in the town of Westport, between June first and October first in each year, except under a written permit issued by the selectmen of said town or as authorized by the shellfish commission of the town of Westport, provided residents of the towns of Westport, Weston and Wilton may take, remove or carry away shellfish from the shores, beaches and flats between the westerly boundary of Sherwood Island Park and the mouth of the Saugatuck River without obtaining such a permit. Any other person desiring to take shellfish from said shores, beaches and flats shall make application to the police department of Westport on a form similar to that provided in connection with licenses or permits for fishing and such police department shall issue such number of permits and to such applicants as appear suitable and proper, and each permittee or licensee shall pay the sum of one dollar for such permit or license when issued to him and such license or permit, unless revoked for cause, shall continue in effect for the balance of the calendar year in which the same is issued. Any person who takes shellfish from said shores, beaches and flats in violation of the provisions hereof shall be fined not more than seventy-five dollars. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to extend the jurisdiction of the selectmen or the shellfish commission of the town of Westport to any shores, beaches, or flats not within the jurisdiction of such selectmen or commission on or before October 1, 1983.(1949 Rev., S. 5091; P.A. 83-236; P.A. 99-169, S. 4, 7; P.A. 09-173, S. 9.)History: P.A. 83-236 gave the Westport Shellfish Commission authority over the taking of shellfish from Saugatuck Shores; P.A. 99-169 deleted residency as condition for eligibility to obtain a license under this section, effective June 23, 1999; P.A. 09-173 increased fine from $25 to $75 and deleted imprisonment penalty, effective July 1, 2009.Cited. 231 C. 418.
CT Gen Stat § 26-284 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-284 - Thames River oysters; limitation.

 Any person who takes or carries away from the Thames River any oyster shells or seed oysters for the purpose of planting the same upon any private oyster bed, or who takes or carries away from said river, except from his own private bed or beds, more than ten bushels of oysters in any one day, shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5108; P.A. 12-80, S. 38.)History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $7 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-285 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-285 - Taking of oysters and clams in Old Lyme regulated.

 Any person who takes any clams less than two inches in length or more than one-half bushel of clams, or more than one-half bushel of oysters except from an area designated for planting oysters, in any day in the town of Old Lyme shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5089; 1957, P.A. 66; P.A. 12-80, S. 39.)History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-286 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-286 - Taking oysters from the inland waters of East Lyme and Waterford.

 Any person who takes any oysters from the inland waters of the towns of East Lyme and Waterford above the demarcation line during the months of June, July and August shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5090; P.A. 12-80, S. 40.)History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not less than $7 or more than $20 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-288 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-288 - Escallops.

 No person shall have in his possession any escallops other than adult escallops. For the purpose of this section, an adult escallop is defined as an escallop having a well-defined growth line. All seed escallops taken shall be immediately returned alive to waters having a depth of at least three feet at mean low tide, except that the selectmen of any town bordering on Long Island Sound may, on application, authorize such escallops to be removed and transplanted in waters along the sound. No person shall take any escallops from the first day of April to the first day of October or from sunset to sunrise, except that in the waters of Little Narragansett Bay no person shall take any escallops from the first day of April to the fifteenth day of September or from sunset to sunrise. No person shall use any rake, dredge, drag or other device which may be drawn along the surface of the bottom, except a device such as a scoop net which is attached to a pole and has an opening not more than sixteen inches wide and is used manually by the person engaged in taking escallops. No person shall open and return to the water the shell and entrails of any escallops after the eye or muscle has been removed, nor shall any starfish taken from the waters be returned thereto. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5092; September, 1950, S. 2566d; 1957, P.A. 32; P.A. 99-169, S. 5, 7; P.A. 12-80, S. 42.)History: P.A. 99-169 deleted a restriction on nonresidents' ability to take escallops from waters of this state, effective June 23, 1999; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-289 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-289 - Dredging for escallops in Little Narragansett Bay or Stonington Harbor.

 Section 26-289 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5093; P.A. 79-293, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-290 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-290 - Taking of escallops in Groton.

 The town council of Groton may prohibit the taking of escallops from such portions of the waters of said town as they designate, for a period not exceeding one year at a time, and may designate the daily take of escallops from said waters not to exceed fifteen bushels per person or fifteen bushels per boat if more than one person is carried on said boat. When the council designates any place or places in said waters from which such taking is prohibited, they shall cause to be published, at least twice in a newspaper having a circulation in said town and at least ten days before such prohibition takes effect, a notice describing the place or places upon which and the period for which such prohibition is to be operative, and shall post copies of such notices, signed by the council, upon the shores adjacent to such places. No person shall, at any time, take escallops from said waters without having first obtained a permit issued by the council or any persons designated by it. Permits shall be issued for the taking of any amount up to the daily limit upon application and the payment of fifteen cents per bushel and shall be dated as of the day of issue or such other day during the open season as the applicant may designate. Permits shall be valid only for the day designated thereon. A season permit shall be issued by the council upon application and the payment of ten dollars and shall allow the taking of the daily limit for each day of the open season. The council shall designate special officers for the enforcement of this section, who shall receive compensation on a per diem basis. All moneys collected under the provisions of this section shall be used by the council for the protection, conservation and propagation of escallops and other shellfish in the town waters. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars and the court may order that a permit shall not be issued to such person to take escallops in the waters of the town of Groton for the remainder of the open season.(1953, S. 2568d; P.A. 88-291, S. 4, 6; P.A. 12-80, S. 43.)History: P.A. 88-291 changed references to “selectmen” to “council”; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-291 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-291 - Taking of oysters and clams in Stonington.

 Section 26-291 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5116; 1959, P.A. 53, S. 2.)