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CT Gen Stat § 26-96 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-96 - Trap shooting.

 No person shall keep, expose, let loose or suffer to escape any bird or fowl for the purpose of having it shot at for sport, gain, the trial of skill of marksmen or any other purpose, nor shall any person shoot at any bird or fowl that has been kept, exposed, let loose or allowed to escape for the purpose of being shot at. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the release of legally propagated game birds or the subsequent shooting of such birds during the open season or any extension of such open season.(1949 Rev., S. 4919.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-97 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-97 - Killing game birds in Westport Fire District prohibited. Penalty.

 Any person who kills any game bird within the limits of the Westport Fire District in the town of Westport shall be fined not less than one dollar or more than fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5010; P.A. 07-217, S. 125.)History: P.A. 07-217 made a technical change, effective July 12, 2007.
CT Gen Stat § 26-98 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-98 - Penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of this part, or any regulation issued by the commissioner pursuant thereto, for which no other penalty is provided, or who makes any material false statement in procuring any permit, shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and the possession of each bird or part thereof, taken or possessed in violation of any such provision, shall constitute a separate offense.(1949 Rev., S. 4921; 1953, S. 2506d; 1957, P.A. 272; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 284; P.A. 12-80, S. 29.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not less than $10 or more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-99 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-99 - Establishment of fish and game refuges.

 The commissioner may establish state fish and game refuges and may, in the name and for the use of the state, lease any tract of land, stream, lake, pond or part thereof in the state suitable for the propagation and preservation of fish and game and may accept any gift of any interest in any land, stream, lake, pond or part thereof or any personal property to be used for the purpose of propagating or protecting wildlife upon such conditions as may be agreed upon between the donor and the commissioner, subject to the approval of the Attorney General, concerning any condition in relation to the use of the principal of any such gift or any income therefrom, and the commissioner may exercise all of the authority of any owner of any such property for such purposes. No provision of this section shall be construed as limiting the right of the donor to exercise all of the rights incident to ownership of such property, except as such rights may be limited by the conditions of his gift.(1949 Rev., S. 4922; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 285.)History: 1971 act substituted references to environmental protection commissioner for references to board of fisheries and game.See Sec. 26-69 re wildlife management practices.
CT Gen Stat § 26-100 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-100 - Posting notices.

 The commissioner shall cause such notices to be posted along or near the boundary lines of fish and wildlife refuges, closed areas, management areas, fish hatcheries, fish rearing pools and fish retaining ponds forbidding entrance therein as will, in his judgment, fairly warn any unauthorized person not to enter upon such premises; but the removal or destruction of such notices after posting shall not be a defense in any prosecution under this chapter.(1949 Rev., S. 4923; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 286.)History: 1971 act substituted references to environmental protection commissioner for references to board of fisheries and game.See Sec. 26-21 re penalty for destruction of notice or proclamation.
CT Gen Stat § 26-101 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-101 - Wildlife refuges and closed areas.

 The commissioner may establish wildlife refuges, closed areas or safety zones on public lands or waters or, providing he first obtains the necessary written consent, on private lands and waters. The commissioner may close any such area, or portion of any such area, to hunting, trapping, fishing, other public use, or trespassing, when he determines such closure to be necessary for the management of any wildlife or plant species or for public safety. The commissioner shall cause notice of such closure, including the length of any such closure, to be posted near the boundary lines or near any area, or portion of any area, closed pursuant to this section. Any person who uses any area in violation of any such notice of closure shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.(1955, S. 2482d, 2507d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 287; P.A. 97-250, S. 2; P.A. 12-80, S. 138.)History: 1971 act substituted references to environmental protection commissioner for references to board of fisheries and game; P.A. 97-250 made technical and grammatical changes, added criteria for closure of areas under this section, required posting of notice of such closure and provided that the penalty under this section applies in the case of a use of an area in violation of such notice; P.A. 12-80 changed penalty from a fine of not more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 60 days or both to a class D misdemeanor.
CT Gen Stat § 26-102 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-102 - Fish spawning areas and refuges.

 The commissioner may establish fish spawning areas and refuges on any waters; and he may establish closed areas and safety zones on public lands and waters and, with the consent of the owner, on private lands and waters, and close any such area to fishing and trespassing. The commissioner shall have emergency authority to declare a closed season on any species of fish threatened with undue depletion from any cause and, the provisions of section 26-116 notwithstanding, if such cause is any person, firm or corporation engaged in commercial fishing activity, the commissioner shall have the additional emergency power to establish prescribed conditions for the operation of such commercial fishing activity, or suspend or prohibit the right of such person, firm or corporation to operate within such waters for such period of time as the commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner may, if he deems it necessary, close any waters, or portions thereof, in the inland district to fishing for limited periods of time.(1955, S. 2508d; February, 1965, P.A. 253, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 288.)History: 1965 act added provisions granting board of fisheries and game emergency power to regulate commercial fishing activity; 1971 act substituted references to environmental protection commissioner for references to state board of fisheries and game.See Sec. 26-117 re fines for violation.
CT Gen Stat § 26-103 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-103 - Management and preservation of islands in and marshes in or bordering the Housatonic River.

 All islands in the Housatonic River and all marshes in or bordering the Housatonic River, extending from the mouth of the river to the upper limits of its tidal fluctuation, are set aside as wildlife habitats and shall be under the exclusive jurisdiction and control of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The commissioner shall have the same powers in reference to such islands and marshes as are provided in section 26-16. Such islands or marshes or such portions thereof as are recorded in private ownership shall not be included under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, but such jurisdiction shall extend to all such islands and marshes or portions thereof as are owned or as may be acquired by the state or for the use of the state pursuant to said section 26-16.(1955, S.A. 290; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 289; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced state board of fisheries and game with commissioner of environmental protection; 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 § 26-104 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-104 - Bantam Lake sanctuary.

 No person shall hunt, take, kill or attempt to kill any duck, geese, brant, swan or other waterfowl or shore birds or waders protected by law, resting on or flying over the waters of Bantam Lake or that part of Bantam River located between said lake and a distance of five hundred feet below the second highway bridge located adjacent to the jambs, so called, or shall kill or attempt to kill any such birds within a distance of two hundred feet from the water level of said lake. The commissioner or any agent of the department may, within the discretion of the commissioner, take and kill wild animals or birds in or above said waters which said commissioner determines to be destructive of any wildlife protected by the provisions of this chapter. The commissioner may, with the approval of the Governor, build or erect a structure or dam with a fish screen thereon on Bantam River, but such structure or dam shall not contain a gate. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5008, 5009; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 290; P.A. 12-80, S. 30.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game and its agents with references to environmental protection commissioner and agents of environmental protection department; P.A. 12-80 replaced 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 § 26-105 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-105 - Lake Wononscopomuc sanctuary. Limited hunting.

 No person shall hunt, take, kill or attempt to kill any duck, goose, brant, swan or other waterfowl or shore bird or wader protected by law, resting on or flying over the waters of Lake Wononscopomuc, or kill or attempt to kill any such bird within a distance of five hundred feet from the water level of said lake, except that when in the opinion of the first selectman and the conservation commission, waterfowl have reached numbers that are considered a nuisance or threaten to affect adversely the quality of the water of said lake, the chief executive officer of the town of Salisbury, acting as the issuing agent of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, may issue permits to hunt such waterfowl. Any person violating this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars. The commissioner or any agent of the department may, within the discretion of said commissioner, take and kill wild animals or birds in or above said waters which the commissioner determines to be destructive of any wildlife protected by the provisions of this chapter.(1953, S. 2553d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 291; P.A. 75-325; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 31.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game and its agents with references to environmental protection commissioner and agents of environmental protection department; P.A. 75-325 increased distance which hunters of waterfowl must be from water level of lake from 200 to 500 feet and added exception for situations where waterfowl are so numerous as to threaten lake's water quality; 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; P.A. 12-80 replaced 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 § 26-106 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-106 - Milford refuge.

 That portion of Milford Harbor extending from Memorial Bridge to the Milford breakwater and that portion of Gulf Pond extending from land of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company to said breakwater and that portion of the upland known as harbor side of Wilcox Park located on the east side of said Milford Harbor, comprising five acres more or less, is established as a state refuge for wildlife. The territory within the limits above described shall be subject to all provisions of the general statutes relating to state refuges for wildlife and to the regulations of the commissioner relating to such refuges.(1931, S.A. 54; 1947, S.A. 136; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 292.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-107 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-107 - Hunting and trapping on wildlife refuge or closed area.

 No person shall, at any time, enter upon any state wildlife refuge or closed area to take, hunt, trap, snare, net, pursue, kill or destroy, or attempt to take, hunt, kill or destroy, any wildlife or disturb, destroy or remove the nest or egg of any bird or permit his dog to enter such wildlife refuge or closed area, and no person shall take, hunt, shoot, kill, pursue or trap any wildlife in any lane, road or highway adjacent to any land owned, leased or controlled by the state as a wildlife refuge or closed area; provided the commissioner or any person designated by him may take, hunt, kill or trap any fox, skunk, raccoon, wildcat, muskrat, mink, weasel, hawk, owl or other predacious bird or animal in any state wildlife refuge or closed area. The detection of any person with any firearm, bow and arrow, trap, snare, net or dog upon any state wildlife refuge or closed area shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of the provisions of this section. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 4924; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 293.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to director of board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-107f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-107f - Program for the conservation of nonharvested wildlife.

 (a) The General Assembly declares it to be the policy of the state to manage harvested and nonharvested wildlife to insure their continued participation in the ecosystem and to accord special protection to any endangered species or subspecies of wildlife indigenous to the state in order to maintain and enhance their numbers.(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a conservation program for species not traditionally harvested which shall include provisions for the following: Resource inventory, habitat conservation, monitoring of environmental impacts, conservation of endangered and threatened species, wildlife recreation management, wildlife conservation education, private landowner assistance, urban wildlife conservation, problem animal management and scientific research, planning, administration and development.(P.A. 86-370, S. 1, 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-107g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-107g - Citizen's Advisory Board for Nonharvested Wildlife. Membership. Duties.

 Section 26-107g is repealed.(P.A. 86-370, S. 2, 6; P.A. 95-38, S. 8.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-107h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-107h - Annual report.

 On or before February first, annually, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment a report on the progress of the program established under section 26-107f, the purposes for which any funds allocated to said program were expended and the future of the program.(P.A. 86-370, S. 3, 6; P.A. 95-38, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 95-38 deleted requirement that report respond to recommendations by board established under former Sec. 26-107g; 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 § 26-107i (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-107i - Sale of wildlife stamps, prints, publications and other items. Allocation of revenue.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may establish a program for the sale of wildlife stamps, prints, posters, calendars, publications or other items. Any revenue received from the sale of such goods or materials shall be deposited in the General Fund and allocated to the program established under section 26-107f.(P.A. 86-370, S. 4, 6; P.A. 89-351, S. 6, 11; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 89-351 made establishment of program permissive rather than mandatory and expanded scope of program to include posters, calendars, publications or other items; 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 § 26-108 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-108 - Inland waters and marine district defined.

 The commissioner may, after public notice and hearing, determine the location of a line across any stream flowing into Long Island Sound, Fishers Island Sound or Little Narragansett Bay, or any tributary thereof, above which line such water shall be known as “inland water” and below which line such water shall be known as the “marine district”. Such notice shall be published at least twice in a newspaper having a circulation in the county within which any such stream enters either of said sounds or said bay.(1949 Rev., S. 4926; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 294.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-109 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-109 - Dividing lines between inland and marine waters in Groton, Stonington, the Niantic River and the Housatonic River.

 (a) The dividing line between inland water and the marine district in the towns of Groton and Stonington shall be a line five hundred feet north of U.S. Route 1 extending from the west bank of the Thames River to the Rhode Island line, northerly above which dividing line shall be known as “inland water” and southerly below which line shall be known as “the marine district”. This section applies to tidal waters only and does not pertain to freshwater ponds or streams in the marine district, which ponds and streams shall be considered as inland waters.(b) The demarcation line between inland and marine waters of the Niantic River shall be the Golden Spur Bridge over Route 1A.(c) The demarcation line between inland and marine waters of the Housatonic River shall be the Merritt Parkway Bridge over the Housatonic River.(1957, P.A. 474; 527; 1959, P.A. 36, S. 1; P.A. 76-48.)History: 1959 act specified in Subsec. (a) that provisions of section apply to tidal waters only, not to fresh water ponds and streams in marine district; P.A. 76-48 added Subsec. (c) re demarcation line between inland and marine waters of the Housatonic River.
CT Gen Stat § 26-110 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-110 - Demarcation lines.

 The commissioner may establish a line at the outlet and inlet of any artificial or natural lake or pond, which line shall divide such lake or pond from any stream or river flowing into or out of the same. On one side of such line the provisions of this chapter relating to fishing in lakes and ponds shall apply and on the other side of such line the provisions of this chapter relating to fishing in rivers or streams shall apply, as the case may be. Such line shall be fixed by posts suitably marked as the commissioner may determine and set upon opposite banks of any such lake, pond, river or stream.(1949 Rev., S. 4930; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 295.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-111 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-111 - Regulation of fishing.

 In the interest of developing a sound program of sport fisheries management for all fish, including warm water, cold water and anadromous species, and all bait species, and to encourage landowner participation, and to develop public fishing in the waters of the state, the commissioner may regulate fishing and the taking of all bait species, as hereinafter provided, in any lake, pond, stream or portions thereof, and in all other waters in the inland district, as defined by the boundary lines established by the commissioner as provided for under the provisions of section 26-108.(1955, S. 2517d; 1957, P.A. 319; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 296.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-113 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-113 - Hearings.

 Notice of such hearing shall be advertised in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in each of the counties of the state or in the locality where such waters are situated. Such notice shall specify the time, not less than fourteen days thereafter, the agenda and the place designated by the commissioner at which such hearing shall be held, and at which persons having an interest therein will have an opportunity to be heard. The commissioner or his designated representative shall conduct such hearing and cause a record thereof to be made. After such notice and hearing the commissioner shall issue his regulations based upon standards of sound fisheries management including the following: (a) Scientific and factual findings of a biological nature; (b) the availability of the species involved; (c) unusual weather conditions and special hazards; (d) the available supply of food and natural cover; (e) the general condition of the waters; (f) the control of the species; (g) the number of permits issued; (h) the area available; (i) the rights and privileges of sportsmen, landowners and the general public; (j) the problem of providing and perpetuating a sound program of fisheries management and a sound recreational program consistent with the availability of the species.(1955, S. 2519d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 298.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner.