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CT Gen Stat § 26-157i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-157i - Economic assistance program for resident commercial lobster fishermen. Establishment. Regulations.

 (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish an economic assistance program for resident commercial lobster fishermen.(b) Not later than April 1, 2007, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the economic assistance program established in subsection (a) of this section for any resident commercial lobster fisherman who held a Connecticut license to take lobsters in 2006 and who held a lobster trap allocation issued by the commissioner, or who has received a license transfer with a trap allocation, and who, not later than January 24, 2006, reported the landing of lobsters between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2005, as determined by the commissioner, based on reports submitted pursuant to section 26-157b. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for direct payment to such lobsterman based on the contribution such lobsterman's lobster catch made to the total qualifying catch of all qualifying lobster fishermen from Long Island Sound with any gear between January 1, 2004, and December 31, 2005, provided, in cases in which more than one fisherman has reported on the same catch report form, catches are attributed and payments made to the lead license holder indicated on the form.(P.A. 06-187, S. 50; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 06-187 effective May 26, 2006; 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 § 26-157j (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-157j - Seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper possession and sale of undersized lobsters. Conditions. Documentation.

 A seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper may possess and sell lobsters less than the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's American Lobster Fishery Management Plan Lobster Management Area 6 minimum legal length, as defined in regulations adopted pursuant to section 26-157c, provided: (1) Such lobsters are not taken from said Lobster Management Area 6 waters or landed in this state, regardless of where such lobsters were taken, (2) such lobsters are not less than the minimum legal length in effect in the waters of the lobster management area or nation of origin where taken and not less than three and one-quarter inches carapace length regardless of where taken, (3) such lobsters are not bartered, exchanged, sold or offered for sale to retail consumers in this state, and (4) such seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper in possession of such lobsters possesses a manifest, bill of lading, invoice, purchase order or other written documentation identifying the state, lobster management area or nation of origin, as applicable, where such lobsters were received, the number of such lobsters received that are less than said Lobster Management Area 6 minimum legal length and the date such lobsters were received. Such documentation shall be retained by the seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper for a period of six months from the date such lobsters were received and shall be made available to law enforcement officers upon request.(P.A. 06-187, S. 51.)History: P.A. 06-187 effective May 26, 2006.
CT Gen Stat § 26-158 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-158 - Sale of lobsters.

 No person who has taken any lobsters from the waters of this state or any other state which requires a license to take lobsters shall deliver, sell, exchange or possess in this state, or offer for delivery, sale or exchange in this state, any lobsters unless he has in his possession a license to take lobsters issued under the provisions of the laws of the state in whose waters such lobsters were taken.(1949 Rev., S. 4972.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-159 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-159 - Sea sturgeon.

 Section 26-159 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4973; P.A. 74-348, S. 10, 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-159b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-159b - Taking and selling of sea sturgeon prohibited.

 Section 26-159b is repealed.(P.A. 74-348, S. 8, 11; P.A. 86-5, S. 2.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-159c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-159c - Commissioner to conduct public hearings in coastal areas.

 Prior to the adoption of any regulation under subsection (g) of section 26-142a or section 26-159a, the commissioner or his designated representative shall conduct a public hearing or hearings in those coastal areas where persons substantially affected by such regulation and having an interest therein may be heard. The commissioner shall cause notice of such hearing or hearings to be published at least once not more than thirty days and not fewer than ten days before the date set for such hearing or hearings in a newspaper or newspapers having general circulation in those areas which may be affected by such regulation.(P.A. 80-164, S. 3, 5; P.A. 15-52, S. 8.)History: P.A. 15-52 made a technical change, effective January 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 26-160 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-160 - Extension zones.

 The commissioner may establish zones on either side of the lines fixed by him to distinguish inland waters from the waters of the marine district, in which persons licensed to fish with a net in inland waters or to fish in the waters of the marine district, as the case may be, may fish under such regulations as may be made by the commissioner, without the payment of an additional fee.(1949 Rev., S. 4974; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 327.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-164 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-164 - Inspection of license.

 Upon request of the commissioner or any conservation officer or officer authorized to serve criminal process, any licensee shall deliver his license to such person for examination and shall disclose the number and location of each net and permit the inspection of the cargo or any of the contents of any boat used by the licensee.(1949 Rev., S. 4977; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 328.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to director of state board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-165 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-165 - Reports.

 Section 26-165 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4978; 1971, P.A. 131; 872, S. 329; P.A. 74-348, S. 10, 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-166 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-166 - Obstructions.

 No person shall place any obstruction in or upon any fishing place or upon grounds which may be lawfully swept by seines.(1949 Rev., S. 4979.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-167 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-167 - Stealing fish, lobsters or equipment. Penalty.

 No person except the licensed owner, an authorized licensed agent of the owner, the commissioner or authorized agents of the department or law enforcement officers empowered to serve criminal process shall remove or attempt to remove any fish or lobster from any pound, weir, net, pot or other device used for the purpose of taking or retaining fish or lobsters. No person shall have in his possession or set or cause to be set any trap, pot or other device for taking fish or lobsters which belong to another without having written authorization from the owner or his authorized agent. Any trap, pot or other device so set and not identified by the owner's number, which shall be assigned by the commissioner, shall, for the purpose of this section, be considered prima facie evidence of having been stolen or illegally possessed by the person setting the same. Any unauthorized person who lifts, raises, draws or molests, or assists in so doing, any trap, pot or other device set for the purpose of taking fish or lobsters, or steals any fish or lobster therefrom except as provided herein, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or be imprisoned not more than six months or both. Any trap, pot or other device and accessories thereto used in violation of this section shall be forfeited to the state and shall be sold or otherwise disposed of by the commissioner or his authorized agent.(1949 Rev., S. 4980; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 330; P.A. 79-125.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game, its director, members and their agents with references to environmental protection department and commissioner and their agents; P.A. 79-125 increased maximum fine from $100 to $200.Intent of statute is to make fish or lobsters which have been caught the subject of larceny and it is not essential to prove the identity of the owner of the stolen property. 37 CS 809.
CT Gen Stat § 26-168 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-168 - Sale or taking of salt water fish.

 Section 26-168 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4981; 1971, P.A. 129; P.A. 80-164, S. 4, 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-169 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-169 - Nets and seines prohibited in Darien, Stamford and Greenwich.

 No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine, pound net or set net in any of the waters of Long Island Sound or in any creek or tributary thereof lying north and west of a line drawn from the southeasterly point of Hay Island in the town of Darien to the southeasterly point of Indian Rocks and thence to the southeasterly point of Great Island in said town. No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine, pound net or fyke or set net in any of the waters of Long Island Sound or in any river or creek or tributary thereof lying north of a line drawn from the extreme southerly end of Collender's or Long Neck Point in the town of Darien to the extreme southerly end of Greenwich Point in the town of Greenwich, except in fishing for killies, shiners or shrimp with a net or seine not exceeding thirty feet in length, or in fishing for menhaden for personal use with a seine or gill net.(1949 Rev., S. 4982; P.A. 99-266, S. 3.)History: P.A. 99-266 limited the exemption from this section for menhaden fishing to personal use, deleted a mesh size restriction on permitted seines used to take menhaden and authorized menhaden fishing with gill nets.Cited. 318 U.S. 150.
CT Gen Stat § 26-170 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-170 - Use of seine in Norwalk Harbor.

 No person shall draw a seine with a mesh less than one and one-half inches square in the water known as Norwalk Harbor or in any waters adjacent to said harbor northerly of a line drawn from Sprite Island to a point opposite the mouth of Five Mile River.(1949 Rev., S. 4983.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-171 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-171 - Taking smelt in Greenwich.

 No person shall take any smelt in any of the waters of Long Island Sound, or in any river or creek or tributary thereof lying north and east of a line drawn from the southwest end of J. Kennedy Tod's Point to what is known as W. M. Ritch's Dock in Byram Harbor, in the town of Greenwich, otherwise than with a hook and line.(1949 Rev., S. 4984.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-174 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-174 - Pawcatuck River.

 No person shall erect or continue any pound or weir upon any flat or other part of the bottom of the Pawcatuck River eastward or westward of its channel, between the first day of June and the twentieth day of March, or shall erect or continue any stationary net or like obstruction to the main channel of said river. No person shall fish with mesh or scoop nets in Pawcatuck River, or any of its branches, between sunset on Friday and sunrise on Monday from March twentieth to June first; and no person shall use more than one net therein.(1949 Rev., S. 4988.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-175 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-175 - Long Beach and Penfield Reef.

 No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine, pound net, fyke net or set net in any waters of Long Island Sound or any creek or tributary thereof, lying north of a line drawn from the breakwater on what is known as Long Beach to the Penfield Reef lighthouse, and thence along said Penfield Reef to the shore or mainland in the town of Fairfield.(1949 Rev., S. 4989.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-176 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-176 - Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook.

 No person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the waters of the Thames River or Niantic Bay above the bridges of the Penn-Central Railroad Company or from the waters of the Mystic River or from the waters of the Connecticut River easterly of a straight line extending northerly from the westerly tip of Griswold Spit to the easterly abutment of the bridge of the Penn-Central Railroad Company over the Connecticut River in the town of Old Lyme, by means of any otter or beam trawl or any device of a similar nature, or by use of any gill net and no person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the waters of North Cove in Old Saybrook by means of any otter or beam trawl or any similar device.(1949 Rev., S. 4990; P.A. 74-134, S. 1, 2.)History: P.A. 74-134 substituted Penn-Central Railroad Company for New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and prohibited use of otter or beam trawl and similar devices in waters of North Cove, Old Saybrook.
CT Gen Stat § 26-177 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-177 - Mystic River.

 No person shall draw any seine in the Mystic River north of a line running due east from the lighthouse in Groton, from April fifteenth to November first. No person shall draw or assist in drawing any seine for the purpose of taking fish in said river north of the upper bridge, known as Mystic Bridge, or in the waters of Stonington above the railroad bridge. No person shall catch smelt in said river or its tributaries except with hook and line.(1949 Rev., S. 4991.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-178 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-178 - Thames River.

 No purse net shall be set in the Thames River above the railroad bridge.(1949 Rev., S. 4993.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-179 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-179 - Taking smelt in Groton.

 No person shall take or assist in taking or attempt to take any smelt from the waters of Palmer's Cove, Poquonock River or Baker's Cove, or their tributaries, in the town of Groton, by means of a net, seine or trap.(1949 Rev., S. 4992.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-180 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-180 - Milford Harbor.

 No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine, pound net, fyke net or set net in the waters known as Milford Harbor, north of a line drawn from Welch's Lane on the east shore to the northeasterly point of Charles' Island and then in a northwesterly direction to the westerly end of the bridge or trestle crossing Great Creek in the town of Milford, from August first to November first, both inclusive. Nothing herein shall prohibit the catching of menhaden or the taking of eels, crabs or bait fish in nets.(1949 Rev., S. 4994.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-181 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-181 - Chester Cove.

 No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine, fyke net or set net in the waters of Chester Cove in the town of Chester.(1949 Rev., S. 4995.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-182 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-182 - Wright's Cove.

 No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine, fyke net or set net in the waters of Wright's Cove in the town of Portland between June first and March first, both inclusive.(1949 Rev., S. 4996.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-183 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-183 - Use of nets in Long Island Sound adjacent to Stratford.

 No person shall draw, set or use any net, seine, pound net, fyke net or set net in any of the waters of Long Island Sound adjacent to the town of Stratford and within three hundred feet of the high water mark, nor in any creek or tributary thereof, from the southerly side of the Bridgeport airport canal, thence southerly along the shore line at Short Beach and along the shore line to Stratford Point lighthouse, so called, and thence westerly along said shore line to the boundary line between the town of Stratford and the city of Bridgeport. No provision of this subsection shall prohibit the catching of menhaden or the taking of eels, crabs or bait fish in nets, as authorized by statute.(1949 Rev., S. 4997; P.A. 79-137; P.A. 85-434, S. 4, 6.)History: P.A. 79-137 added Subsec. (b) prohibiting use of otter trawl in certain Long Island Sound waters from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise; P.A. 85-434 deleted Subsec. (b) which had prohibited operation of an otter trawl.Former Subsec. (b) cited. 9 CA 228.
CT Gen Stat § 26-184 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-184 - Use of nets in Keney Cove.

 No person shall draw, set or use any net in the waters of Keney Cove in the towns of Glastonbury and East Hartford between April fifteenth and November first or between December first and March fifteenth. Between March fifteenth and April fifteenth and between November first and December first, no net except a two and one-half inch mesh net shall be used in the waters of said cove.(1949, S. 2511d.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-185 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-185 - Use of trawls in the Poquonock River.

 No person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the Poquonock River in the town of Groton at any time by means of any beam or otter trawl or device of a similar nature, north of a line drawn from the westerly end of Pine Island to the west side of Avery Point.(1949 S. 2512d.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-186 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-186 - Penalties.

 Any person who violates any provision of this part for which no other penalty is provided shall (1) for a first offense, be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and (2) for any subsequent offense, be guilty of a class D misdemeanor, and each fish or crustacean taken or possessed in violation of any provision of said sections shall constitute a separate offense, except that any person who violates any provision of section 26-154 or 26-155 shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor, and each fish or crustacean taken or possessed in violation of any provision of said sections shall constitute a separate offense.(1949 Rev., S. 4998; P.A. 75-567, S. 52, 80; P.A. 01-115, S. 3, 5; P.A. 02-50, S. 3; P.A. 12-80, S. 152; P.A. 13-83, S. 8.)History: P.A. 75-567 substituted “this part” for specifically listed sections; P.A. 01-115 changed fine from $50 to $100, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-50 increased fine to $250; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more $250 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with penalty of a fine of not more than $250 for first offense and a class D misdemeanor for subsequent offense, inserted Subdiv. designators (1) and (2) and added exception re person who violates Sec. 26-143a, 26-154 or 26-155 is guilty of a class D misdemeanor and each fish or crustacean taken or possessed constitutes separate offense; P.A. 13-83 deleted reference to Sec. 26-143a, effective October 1, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 26-186a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-186a - Effect of license suspension on other licenses, permits or registrations and on right to obtain them.

 Upon suspension of a license, permit or registration issued by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to this chapter or the right to obtain such license, permit or registration, all other licenses, permits or registrations and the right to obtain such licenses, permits or registrations issued to a person pursuant to this chapter may be suspended.(P.A. 82-255, S. 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.