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CT Gen Stat § 26-291a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-291a - Taking of clams and oysters in Stonington.

 (a) The board of selectmen in the town of Stonington may prohibit the taking of clams and oysters from such portions of the town waters as it designates from time to time, for a period not exceeding one year at a time, and may designate the manner in which clams and oysters may be taken and the size and the amount and may provide for licenses for such taking and, in connection therewith, adopt reasonable regulations and fix license and permit fees. When said board designates any place or places in said town waters from which the taking of oysters and clams is to be prohibited or designates a changed manner in which clams and oysters may or may not be taken, or adopts, rescinds or amends any regulation or license or permit fee, it shall cause to be published, in a newspaper having a circulation in said town, a notice describing the place or places upon which such prohibition is to be operative or the manner in which oysters or clams may or may not be taken, or the regulation, license or permit fee adopted, rescinded or amended, and shall post copies of such notices upon the shores of the town waters. No person shall take any oysters or clams from any grounds from which the taking of the same has been prohibited during the time of such prohibition nor in any manner in violation of any such designation or regulation.(b) Said board of selectmen may designate special officers for the enforcement of this section, whose compensation shall be determined by the board of selectmen. All moneys collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid to the board of selectmen and used by it for protection and propagation of escallops, oysters and clams and other shellfish in the waters of the town of Stonington.(c) 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 a permit shall not be issued to such person to take clams or oysters from the waters of the town of Stonington for one year.(1959, P.A. 53, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 44.)History: P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (c) to replace penalty of a fine of not more than $25 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-292 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-292 - Taking of escallops in the waters of Stonington.

 The board of selectmen of the town of Stonington 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 such boat. When said selectmen designate 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 said selectmen, 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 selectmen or any persons designated by them. Permits shall be issued for the taking of any amount up to the daily limit upon application and the payment of a fee per bushel established by the selectmen but not more than six dollars 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 selectmen upon application and the payment of a fee established by the selectmen but not more than sixty dollars and shall allow the taking of the daily limit for each day of the open season. The selectmen 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 selectmen 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 Stonington for the remainder of the open season.(1951, 1953, S. 2563d; 1967, P.A. 74; P.A. 88-291, S. 5, 6; P.A. 12-80, S. 45.)History: 1967 act replaced previous fee of $0.15 per bushel with a fee to be established by selectmen but not to exceed $0.50 per bushel; P.A. 88-291 changed the maximum fee per bushel from $0.50 to $6 and changed the fee for a season permit from $10 to a “fee established by the selectmen” but not more than $60; 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 § 26-292a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-292a - Cockenoe Flats shellfish grounds, Westport. Jurisdiction. Recreational clamming permits.

 Jurisdiction of shellfish grounds known as Cockenoe Flats in the town of Westport shall be transferred from the state of Connecticut to the town of Westport and the Westport Shellfish Commission shall have jurisdiction over recreational clamming in said shellfish grounds and the ability to issue recreational clamming permits for the use of said grounds by all state residents.(P.A. 07-74, S. 4.)History: P.A. 07-74 effective May 30, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 26-292b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-292b - Hand-harvesting horseshoe crabs in the town of Stratford. Prohibition. Violation.

 (a) No person shall engage in the hand-harvest of horseshoe crabs from any area of the shoreline located in the town of Stratford between Stratford Point and Sniffen Point.(b) Any person who violates the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall have committed an infraction.(P.A. 18-112, S. 1.)History: P.A. 18-112 effective June 7, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 26-292c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-292c - Recommendations for horseshoe crab taking restricted areas.

 Not later than January 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit recommendations to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment on the establishment of any restricted areas for the taking of horseshoe crabs in the state and any changes to the season for the taking of horseshoe crabs in the state for the purpose of preserving the horseshoe crab population in the state.(P.A. 18-112, S. 2.)History: P.A. 18-112 effective June 7, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 26-293 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-293 - Prosecutions.

 Section 26-293 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5121; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 31.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-294 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-294 - Penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of this chapter, for which no penalty is otherwise provided, shall be fined not more than twenty-five dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5122.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-296 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 493 - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission|Section 26-296 - Joint regulation of specific fisheries.

 (a) The state of Connecticut hereby enters into an amendment of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact with any one or more of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida or such other states as may become party to that compact for the purpose of permitting the states that ratify this amendment to establish joint regulation of specific fisheries common to those states through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and their representatives on that body. Notice of intention to withdraw from this amendment shall be executed and transmitted by the Governor and shall be in accordance with Article XII of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Compact and shall be effective as to this state with those states which similarly ratify this amendment. This amendment shall take effect as to this state with respect to such other of the aforesaid states as take similar action.(b) The states consenting to this amendment agree that any two or more of them may designate the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission as a joint regulatory agency with such powers as they may jointly confer from time to time for the regulation of the fishing operations of the citizens and vessels of such designating states with respect to specific fisheries in which such states have a common interest. The representatives of such states on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission shall constitute a separate section of such commission for the exercise of the additional powers so granted provided that the states so acting shall appropriate additional funds for this purpose. The creation of such section as a joint regulatory agency shall not deprive the states participating therein of any of their privileges or powers or responsibilities in the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission under the general compact.(1951, S. 1954d, 1955d.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-297 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 493 - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission|Section 26-297 - Members.

 In pursuance of Article III of said compact there shall be three members, hereinafter called commissioners, of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, hereinafter called commission, from the state of Connecticut. The first commissioner from the state of Connecticut shall be the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, ex officio. The second commissioner from the state of Connecticut shall be a legislator and a member of the Commission on Intergovernmental Cooperation of the state of Connecticut, ex officio, designated by said commission, and the term of any such ex-officio commissioner shall terminate at the time he ceases to hold said legislative office or said office as commissioner on intergovernmental cooperation, and his successor as commissioner shall be named in like manner. The Governor shall appoint a citizen as a third commissioner who shall have a knowledge of and interest in the marine fisheries problem. The term of said commissioner shall be three years and he shall hold office until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Vacancies occurring in the office of such commissioner from any reason or cause shall be filled by appointment by the Governor for the unexpired term. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as ex-officio commissioner may delegate, from time to time, to any deputy or other subordinate in his department or office, the power to be present and participate, including voting as his representative or substitute at any meeting of or hearing by or other proceeding of the commission. Any commissioner may be removed from office by the Governor upon charges and after a hearing.(1949 Rev., S. 3560; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 368; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced chairman of the state board of fisheries and game with commissioner of environmental protection as first commissioner from state; 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 § 26-298 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 493 - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission|Section 26-298 - Powers.

 Section 26-298 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 3561; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 152.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-299 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 493 - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission|Section 26-299 - Powers to be additional.

 Any powers herein granted to the commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by other laws of the state of Connecticut or by the laws of the states of Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida or by the Congress or the terms of said compact.(1949 Rev., S. 3562.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-300 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 493 - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission|Section 26-300 - Appropriation for expenses.

 The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall include in its budget the estimate of funds required by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, shall account for and disburse funds appropriated to its use and shall include in its report a record of its activities.(1949 Rev., S. 3564; P.A. 93-256, S. 1, 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 93-256 transferred budgetary responsibility for funds required by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission from the commission on intergovernmental cooperation to the department of environmental protection, effective July 1, 1993; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-301 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 493 - The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission|Section 26-301 - Accounts.

 The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the Governor and the legislature of the state of Connecticut on or before the tenth day of December in each year, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it during the twelve months preceding December first of that year and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the state of Connecticut which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory states. The Comptroller of the state of Connecticut is hereby authorized and empowered from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as such Comptroller may deem proper and to report the results of such examination to the Governor of said state.(1949 Rev., S. 3563.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-303 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 495 - Endangered Species|Section 26-303 - Findings. Policy.

 The General Assembly finds that certain species of wildlife and plants have been rendered extinct as a consequence of man's activities and that other species of wildlife and plants are in danger of or threatened with extinction or have been otherwise reduced or may become extinct or reduced because of destruction, modification or severe curtailment of their habitats, exploitation for commercial, scientific, educational, or private use or because of disease, predation or other factors; that such species are of ecological, scientific, educational, historical, economic, recreational and aesthetic value to the people of the state, and that the conservation, protection and enhancement of such species and their habitats are of state-wide concern. Therefore the General Assembly declares it is a policy of the state to conserve, protect, restore and enhance any endangered or threatened species and essential habitat.(P.A. 89-224, S. 1, 22.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-305 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 495 - Endangered Species|Section 26-305 - Program for the protection of endangered and threatened species.

 There is established a program for the protection of endangered and threatened species. The commissioner may conduct investigations of wildlife and plants in order to develop information relating to population, distribution, habitat needs, limiting factors, essential habitats, and other biological and ecological data to determine conservation and management measures necessary for their continued ability to sustain themselves successfully.(P.A. 89-224, S. 3, 22.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-306 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 495 - Endangered Species|Section 26-306 - Regulations. Determination of whether any native species is endangered, threatened or of special concern. List. Essential habitats identified.

 (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing procedures for determining whether any native species is endangered, threatened or of special concern. In making such determination, the commissioner shall consider: (1) The destruction or threatened destruction, modification or curtailment of the habitat of the species; (2) overutilization of the species for commercial, recreational, scientific, educational or private purposes; (3) disease, predation or competition affecting the species; (4) the inadequacy of existing regulatory mechanisms to affect the continued existence of the species within the state; or (5) other natural or man-made factors affecting the continued existence of the species within the state.(b) Not later than June 22, 1990, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, listing native wildlife and native plants that he has determined to be endangered or threatened species or species of special concern. Not later than June 22, 1991, the commissioner shall so adopt regulations to identify, where biologically feasible, essential habitats for endangered and threatened species.(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to establish criteria to be included in a petition pursuant to section 4-174 to add or remove a species from the list of endangered or threatened species or species of special concern or to add or remove an area identified as an essential habitat for such species.(P.A. 89-224, S. 4, 22.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-307 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 495 - Endangered Species|Section 26-307 - Review.

 The commissioner shall review, at least every five years, the designation of species as endangered, threatened or of special concern, and areas identified as essential habitats to determine whether he should: (1) Add or remove any species from the list of endangered or threatened species or species of special concern; (2) change the designation from one category to another; (3) add or remove any area from the list of essential habitats for endangered or threatened species. The review of species that are listed as endangered by the United State Department of Interior shall be conducted, to the extent practicable, in conjunction with the periodic year review process of the Department of Interior pursuant to the Endangered Species Act.(P.A. 89-224, S. 5, 22.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-308 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 495 - Endangered Species|Section 26-308 - Treatment of species not listed as endangered or threatened as endangered or threatened species.

 (a) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to treat a species not listed as endangered or threatened pursuant to section 26-306 as an endangered or threatened species if he finds that: (1) Such species so closely resembles a species listed as endangered or threatened that enforcement personnel would have substantial difficulty in attempting to differentiate between it and the listed species; (2) the effect of such substantial difficulty is an additional threat to the endangered or threatened species; and (3) treatment of the unlisted species as an endangered or threatened species would substantially facilitate enforcement and further the policy state in section 26-303.(b) The regulations may include a provision to allow a person to conduct an activity which affects a species that resembles an endangered or threatened species if the person can demonstrate to the commissioner that the activity does not affect the endangered or threatened species.(P.A. 89-224, S. 6, 22.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-309 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 495 - Endangered Species|Section 26-309 - State acquisition of essential habitat. Management.

 (a) The commissioner may acquire for and on behalf of the state, essential habitat, or interests therein, for the conservation of endangered, threatened, or species of special concern by gift, devise, purchase, exchange, condemnation or any other method of acquiring real property or an interest therein.(b) The commissioner may enter into agreements with federal agencies, or political subdivisions of this state or other states, or with individuals or private organizations for administration and management of any program established and utilized for the conservation of endangered and threatened species and for management of any area identified as essential habitat for such species pursuant to section 26-306.(P.A. 89-224, S. 7, 22.)