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CT Gen Stat § 26-232 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-232 - Taking oysters from natural beds or the Housatonic or Saugatuck Rivers.

 (a) Any person who (1) between the twentieth day of July and the twentieth day of September, gathers or takes any oysters or shells from any natural oyster bed specified in section 26-193 other than any such bed in the Housatonic River, (2) between the twentieth day of July and the twentieth day of September in any year, gathers or takes any oysters or shells in the Saugatuck River, or (3) between the twentieth day of July and the twentieth day of October in any year, gathers or takes any oysters or shells in the Housatonic River shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars; provided nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the gathering or taking of shells or mussels by the use of tongs in said Housatonic River below a line drawn from a stake on the west bank of said river, at Quimber's Neck Point, so called, and running thence in a northeasterly direction to a stake on the east side of said river. Said stakes shall be located and maintained at said points by the selectmen of the town of Stratford, and a certificate of such location by said selectmen shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk of said town of Stratford. Nothing in this chapter or in chapter 492 shall be construed as prohibiting the excavation of material in deepening the channels of navigable waters by work authorized by the United States government.(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture, upon application of the Stratford Shellfish Commission, may, at any time, close the season for the taking of any shellfish in the Housatonic River for purposes of conserving the resource.(1949 Rev., S. 5064; P.A. 78-334, S. 13; P.A. 85-183, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-91, S. 1, 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 33.)History: P.A. 78-334 raised maximum fine from $50 to $100; P.A. 85-183 extended applicability of provisions to the Saugatuck River; P.A. 95-91 amended Subsec. (a) to move the opening day of the season for taking oysters from the Housatonic River from September 20th to October 20th and added a new Subsec. (b) re closure of the season in the Housatonic River by the Commissioner of Agriculture, effective May 31, 1995; 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; P.A. 12-80 amended Subsec. (a) to replace penalty of a fine of not more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-233 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-233 - Taking oysters from Housatonic River.

 Section 26-233 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5065; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 26; P.A. 78-334, S. 17.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-234a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-234a - Daily limit on oysters.

 Section 26-234a is repealed, effective October 1, 1999.(1969, P.A. 218, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 362; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 32; P.A. 99-110, S. 6.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-234b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-234b - Taking of eastern oysters. Regulations.

 No person may take eastern oysters (Crassostrea virginica) from the waters of this state which are less than three inches long or which are otherwise not ready for harvest, as determined by the Commissioner of Agriculture, except that the taking of such oysters for sale, transplant and relay for aquaculture purposes within the waters of the state shall not be prohibited. The Commissioner of Agriculture may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.(P.A. 91-333, S. 2, 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 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.
CT Gen Stat § 26-237 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-237 - Penalty.

 Any person violating any provision of this chapter for which violation no specific penalty is imposed shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both.(1949 Rev., S. 5068.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-237a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-237a - Deposit of cultch material on state shellfish beds.

 There is established within the Department of Agriculture a program to purchase shell or other cultch material for deposit on state shellfish beds. The program shall also include the purchase of management supplies, materials and spawn oyster stock.(P.A. 87-426, S. 1; P.A. 88-291, S. 1, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 88-291 added provision for the purchase of management supplies, materials and spawn oyster stock; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Department of Agriculture with Department 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.
CT Gen Stat § 26-237b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-237b - Shellfish Fund.

 (a) There is established and created a fund to be known as the “Shellfish Fund”. The proceeds of any bonds authorized for the purpose of section 26-237a shall be deposited in the fund. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.(b) The fund shall be used by the Commissioner of Agriculture for the program established under section 26-237a.(P.A. 87-426, S. 2; P.A. 94-95, S. 21; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; 04-201, S. 10.)History: P.A. 94-95 in Subsec. (a) eliminated provisions requiring the Shellfish Fund to be held separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts and that investment earnings be credited to assets of the fund; 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; P.A. 04-201 amended Subsec. (a) to delete reference to repealed Sec. 26-237c, effective June 3, 2004, and applicable to calendar quarters commencing on and after July 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-237c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-237c - License for the harvesting of oysters from state shellfish grounds.

 Section 26-237c is repealed, effective June 3, 2004, and applicable to calendar quarters commencing on and after July 1, 2004.(P.A. 87-426, S. 3; P.A. 88-291, S. 2, 6; P.A. 91-236, S. 21, 25; P.A. 95-26, S. 47, 52; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-201, S. 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-237d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-237d - Municipal collection of sea water samples for shellfish harvest water classification.

 (a) The Department of Agriculture may, upon written request of a municipality, enter into a memorandum of understanding with such municipality to authorize the health department or similar agency of the municipality to collect sea water samples for the purpose of shellfish harvest water classification. The memorandum of understanding shall not limit the geographic area from which the municipality may collect such samples and shall not be construed to prevent the municipality from collecting or processing samples for the purpose of improving shellfish harvest water classification. The Department of Agriculture shall provide the municipality with support, documentation and training regarding record keeping and sample collection and transport. The municipality shall provide training to any employees or agents it designates to take such samples.(b) Samples collected by a municipality shall be collected and processed in accordance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model Ordinance, as amended from time to time. Such samples shall be processed by a laboratory certified pursuant to said ordinance. The analysis of a sample processed in a laboratory other than a Department of Agriculture laboratory shall be transmitted directly to said department's Bureau of Aquaculture and to the municipality that submitted the sample.(c) The municipality may, but shall not be required to, assist the Department of Agriculture in sample collection in post rainfall conditions, spill events or routine sampling requirements. The Department of Agriculture shall accept all sample data analysis from samples collected by municipalities pursuant to this section and said department shall include such data analysis in any data base, report, file, calculation or process used by said department to determine or report water quality classification or reclassification.(P.A. 07-74, S. 2.)History: P.A. 07-74 effective May 30, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 26-237e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-237e - Resource assessment permits.

 A resource assessment permit issued by the Department of Agriculture for the purpose of assessing the viability of a shellfish area shall not authorize more than one hundred acres of assessment area per permit. Said department shall require the placement of buoys at each corner of the assessment area, as defined by the permit applicant, prior to the start of any assessment. Said department shall notify all abutting shellfish ground owners or lease holders of the issuance of such permit not later than five days prior to the effective date of the permit.(P.A. 07-74, S. 5.)History: P.A. 07-74 effective May 30, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 26-238 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-238 - Town oyster ground committee.

 Section 26-238 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5069; P.A. 86-225, S. 15.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-239 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-239 - Certain grants of oyster, clam and mussel grounds valid.

 Any grant of oyster, clam or mussel ground, made by the duly constituted state or town authorities, which is not in territory that has been designated as natural oyster ground by the General Assembly or by the courts, and which has remained in the possession of the owner or owners for five years, shall be valid; and any proceeding to invalidate such grant shall be brought within five years after such grant was made, otherwise the title to such grant shall become complete in such owner or owners.(1949 Rev., S. 5072.)No presumption as to the location of town lines; legislature may place control of fisheries in navigable waters at its pleasure. 48 C. 452. Cited. 89 C. 7.
CT Gen Stat § 26-241 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-241 - Name of owner to appear on stakes, buoys and markers. Buoy specifications.

 (a) All stakes, buoys or other markers placed by any person, except buoys placed by the state, so as to mark the divisional line, in whole or in part, between any private and any public or natural oyster, clam or mussel beds, in any waters of this state, shall have the name or initial of the owner plainly marked and visible at high water. Any corporation or person who fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall have committed an infraction.(b) A buoy marking oyster, clam or mussel beds pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or section 26-240 shall be constructed with rigid polystyrene foam or similar buoyant material. Such buoy shall support a vertical pole extending not less than ten feet above the top of such buoy and shall be tethered by a rope or line to an anchoring device of sufficient weight to maintain the position of the buoy. The vertical pole shall not exceed three and one-half inches in diameter at any point and shall not be constructed of a metallic material. A durable waterproof flag not less than six inches in height and eight inches in length shall be affixed to the top of the pole.(1949 Rev., S. 5075; P.A. 86-225, S. 2; P.A. 07-74, S. 3.)History: P.A. 86-225 eliminated the fine for violations and made violations an infraction; P.A. 07-74 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re buoy specifications, effective July 1, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 26-242 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-242 - Granting of designation; condition precedent.

 No shellfish commission or selectmen shall grant any designation of ground for the planting or cultivation of oysters, until the applicant for such ground has shown them a certificate from the town clerk that the ground has not been previously designated and that such ground is within the limits allotted by law for designation by such commission or selectmen, together with a receipt from the town treasurer, acknowledging that the money for such designation has been deposited with him, pending the action of the commission or selectmen. Town clerks may grant such certificates upon satisfactory proof of such facts by maps and examination of the law and records. Town treasurers may receive such moneys and give such receipts and, if the designation is granted, may retain the money for the use of the town; but, if the application is denied, they shall, on demand of the applicant, refund such payment. Any member of any shellfish commission or of any board of selectmen who violates any of the provisions of this section shall have committed an infraction.(1949 Rev., S. 5077; P.A. 86-225, S. 3.)History: P.A. 86-225 transferred the functions of oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions, eliminated the fine for violations and made violations an infraction.
CT Gen Stat § 26-243 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-243 - Evidence of designation to be recorded.

 The selectmen of each town in which places have been designated in its navigable waters for planting or cultivating oysters, clams or mussels shall provide a book, to be kept by the town clerk, for recording all applications for such places, together with the written designation and descriptions of the places designated and set out thereon, and all assignments of such places. The town clerk shall record each application and note thereon the day when it was received for record and the book and page where it was recorded and make an alphabetical index of all such applications, designations and assignments, specifying the names of the applicants and of the assignors and assignees, separately; and an attested copy of any such application, designation or assignment, with a certificate that it has been recorded, shall be conclusive evidence of the fact of such record and prima facie evidence of the validity of such application, designation or assignment.(1949 Rev., S. 5078.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-244 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-244 - Lost title; redesignation. Penalty.

 Any owner of any such place who has lost the evidences of his title, after filing the same with the town clerk, may apply to the shellfish commission of the town in which such place is situated, and in East Haven and West Haven to the selectmen, and if he satisfies them that the same justly belongs to him, and that he had obtained and filed such evidences of title with the town clerk, and that such evidences have been lost or destroyed, such commission or selectmen may designate and set such place to him anew, notwithstanding he may have acquired title to other places, though the whole of the places held by him would exceed two acres in extent; but no new application and designation shall affect the rights of any other person to any place so designated and set out or to the oysters thereon. Any person who fraudulently procures any such place to be designated and set to himself, or to any other person, under the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5079; P.A. 86-225, S. 4; P.A. 12-80, S. 34.)History: P.A. 86-225 transferred functions from oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions; P.A. 12-80 deleted provision authorizing a term of imprisonment of not more than 6 months.
CT Gen Stat § 26-245 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-245 - Fees of shellfish commissions.

 A shellfish commission may establish a fee for a description of grounds designated for planting and cultivating oysters and a fee to be paid to each member for each day occupied in making such designation.(1949 Rev., S. 5080; P.A. 86-225, S. 5.)History: P.A. 86-225 entirely replaced prior provisions, transferring functions of oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions and authorizing such commissions to establish fees.Cited. 112 C. 214.
CT Gen Stat § 26-246 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-246 - Designation of disputed lines in local jurisdiction.

 When the boundaries of lands or grounds not within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state, lawfully designated for the planting or cultivation of oysters, clams or mussels, between adjoining proprietors, have been lost or become uncertain, or when the shellfish commission authorized to stake out such lands or grounds has, in the designations or descriptions thereof, described such boundaries so as not to agree with or correctly locate the boundaries actually fixed by them, and such adjoining proprietors cannot agree to establish the same, one or more of them may bring a petition to the superior court for the judicial district in which such lands or grounds, or a portion of them, are situated, and said court may order such lost and uncertain bounds to be erected and established; and may appoint a committee of not more than three disinterested property owners, who shall give notice to all parties interested, as the same appear, in such lands or grounds, to appear before them, and having been sworn, shall inquire into the facts and erect and establish such lost and uncertain bounds, and ascertain the true line between such adjoining proprietors, and reestablish and relocate the same where the shellfish commission marked and placed the same, and may employ a surveyor to assist them if necessary. Such commission shall report to the court the facts relating to such matters, and the original designations and descriptions of such lands and grounds, and of all their doings in the premises; and, if said court finds such parties were duly notified, it may confirm such doings and by its decree fix and locate such boundary lines between such adjoining proprietors, and certified copies of the report and decree shall be recorded in the oyster records of the town in which such lands are, or on which such original designations of such grounds are recorded, and the lines and bounds so erected and established shall be the bounds and lines between such adjoining proprietors. This section shall not apply to any designation of oyster ground which contains a map thereof, or which refers to such map lodged on file in the town clerk's office, or to oyster grounds within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state.(1949 Rev., S. 5081; P.A. 76-436, S. 605, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 81-472, S. 140, 159; P.A. 86-225, S. 6.)History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 replaced “county” with “judicial district”; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 86-225 transferred functions of oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions.The divisional line must be of adjoining grounds and the map must be absolutely accurate; these are jurisdictional questions. 51 C. 188. Admissibility of evidence. 74 C. 374.
CT Gen Stat § 26-247 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries|Section 26-247 - Removal of beds improperly staked.

 When any natural oyster or clam bed, or any part thereof, within town jurisdiction, has been designated, enclosed or staked out, contrary to the provisions of this chapter, the superior court for the judicial district in which such bed is situated, upon the petition of any individual aggrieved, or of the town in which such bed is situated, against the person claiming the same, and the chairman of the shellfish commission appointed by such town, when such petition is brought by an individual, shall appoint a committee, which, having been sworn and given notice to the parties, shall hear such petition and report the facts thereon to said court. If it appears that such bed has been improperly staked out, the court may order such commission to remove the stakes enclosing the same, and costs to be paid at the discretion of the court; but, when oysters have been planted or cultivated or improvements made, before such petition is brought, by any person, in good faith, to whom such designations have been made, or by any assignee of such person, the court shall give him a reasonable time to remove such oysters and improvements.(1949 Rev., S. 5082; P.A. 76-436, S. 606, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127; P.A. 86-225, S. 7.)History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 deleted reference to counties; P.A. 86-225 transferred functions of oyster-ground committees to shellfish commissions.In the absence of legislative authority, the state can only invoke judicial action. 48 C. 447; 55 C. 266. Clams and oysters are distinct species of shellfish. Id., 265. Title to natural bed cannot be gained by adverse possession; section is constitutional. 56 C. 509. Provision for removal of stakes is not designed as a method of trying title; nor provision allowing time for removal of oysters, to restrict public rights, but to prevent sudden and forcible ejectment; no recovery allowed for taking a few cents' worth of planted oysters intermingled with natural growth. 66 C. 285.