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CT Gen Stat § 26-211 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-211 - Taxes unpaid five years; reversion.

 When the taxes on any oyster grounds within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and under the control of the Commissioner of Agriculture are in arrears for five consecutive years, said commissioner shall notify the owner or owners of such grounds, or their legal representatives, of the fact of such arrears, and if, within three months after the date of such notification, all arrears of taxes on such grounds are not paid, such grounds shall revert to the state; and the commissioner, upon the reversion of such grounds to the state, shall make a certificate of the fact of such reversion for record upon his books, and such grounds shall thereupon be open for application like all other undesignated oyster grounds within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state.(1949 Rev., S. 5039; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 349; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 19; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners and commission and to clerk of shellfisheries with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-213 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-213 - License to work on natural beds.

 No person shall take or gather for commercial purposes oysters, clams, mussels or other molluscan shellfish from any natural shellfish bed in the state and no person shall be permitted upon any boat, licensed pursuant to the provisions of section 26-212, while the boat is being used for such taking or gathering until the person has been licensed in the manner provided in this section. The person shall apply in writing, to the Commissioner of Agriculture upon blanks to be furnished by the commissioner, stating his name, residence and post-office address and such other information as may be required by said commissioner, and said commissioner, upon payment of a fee of twenty dollars, shall issue to the person a license for such purpose. All licenses so issued shall be revocable at any time by the commissioner and shall expire on the twentieth day of July in each year. The commissioner shall account to the Treasurer for all moneys received for licenses under the provisions of this section. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this section relating to licensing shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.(1949 Rev., S. 5045; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 351; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 21; P.A. 78-334, S. 2; P.A. 82-91, S. 29, 38; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 304; P.A. 12-80, S. 88.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners and commission and to clerk of shellfisheries with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-334 raised license fee from $5 to $10 and increased maximum fine from $50 to $100; P.A. 82-91 expanded the licensing requirements of this section to include not only persons on boats, licensed under Sec. 26-212, while the boat is being used for dredging, but also persons taking, for commercial purposes, oysters, clams, mussels or other molluscan shellfish from any natural shellfish bed in the state, and persons on any boat licensed under Sec. 26-212 while the boat is used for such taking; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $10 to $20 and made a technical change; 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 class D misdemeanor and made technical changes.
CT Gen Stat § 26-214 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-214 - Nonresident oystermen. Foreign vessels prohibited.

 Section 26-214 is repealed, effective June 23, 1999.(1949 Rev., S. 5046; P.A. 99-169, S. 6, 7.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-216 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-216 - Penalty.

 Any person who violates any provision of section 26-215, or who uses any device or number not furnished by the Commissioner of Agriculture for a boat or vessel used in cultivating or dredging for shellfish, shall be fined not less than twenty-five dollars or more than fifty dollars for each day that such boat or vessel is so unlawfully used and, on conviction of a second offense, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor for each day that such boat or vessel is so unlawfully used.(1949 Rev., S. 5048; 1969, P.A. 218, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 353; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 23; P.A. 78-334, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 05-288, S. 120; P.A. 12-80, S. 89.)History: 1969 act rephrased provisions; 1971 act replaced clerk of shellfisheries with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-334 increased minimum fine from $10 to $25 and deleted reference to not bearing coat of arms as violation; 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. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty for second offense of a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor.
CT Gen Stat § 26-217 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-217 - Use of chain bags on natural oyster beds.

 No person shall use any dredge with a chain bag having rings of less than three-quarters of an inch in diameter, or any net bag with smaller mesh than two inches from knot to knot, on any natural oyster bed. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5049; P.A. 12-80, S. 32.)History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-218 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-218 - License forfeited on conviction.

 The conviction of any person of dredging without a license, upon a natural oyster bed, shall render such person ineligible for a license for the remainder of the license year, and the conviction of any licensee for any violation of the laws relating to shellfisheries shall operate as a revocation of his license.(1949 Rev., S. 5050.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-219 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-219 - License to take conchs.

 Section 26-219 is repealed, effective January 1, 2016.(1949, S. 2556d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 354; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 24; P.A. 78-334, S. 5; P.A. 83-357; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-6, S. 54, 117; P.A. 99-169, S. 2, 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 305; P.A. 12-80, S. 90; P.A. 15-52, S. 10.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-220 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-220 - Shellfish spawning beds.

 The Commissioner of Agriculture may designate in such manner as he may determine such spawning beds as he deems necessary south of the jurisdiction line but not more than ten acres in any one town, and cause the same to be marked by buoys to be maintained under such regulations as said commissioner may prescribe. Any person who goes upon or over any such spawning bed for the purpose of taking oysters or dredging, or who tows a dredge under water, over or upon such spawning bed, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three months or both.(1949 Rev., S. 5051; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 355; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 25; P.A. 78-334, S. 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced shellfish commission with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-334 substituted “town” for “locality” and specified designation of spawning beds “south of the jurisdiction line”; 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 § 26-224 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-224 - Deposit of injurious substances in tidal waters or on oyster ground. Penalty.

 Any person who wilfully and knowingly deposits or assists in depositing any starfish or periwinkle, any shellfish imported from another state and infected with a communicable disease or parasite, or any oyster other than the species Ostrea Virginica in any of the tidal waters of this state, or who dumps mud or other material, except that used in making oyster beds, on any ground located and designated as oyster ground, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than six months for each bushel, or fraction thereof, of such material so deposited or dumped.(1949 Rev., S. 5055; 1949, S. 2560d; P.A. 78-334, S. 9; P.A. 79-148.)History: P.A. 78-334 raised maximum fine from $50 to $200; P.A. 79-148 made provisions applicable to shellfish imported from another state and infected with communicable disease or parasite and added “and knowingly”.Cases appear to recognize that state has control of extent to which navigable waters may be used for sewage disposal. 112 C. 216.
CT Gen Stat § 26-224a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-224a - Depositing of shellfish in tidal waters. Regulations.

 (a) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 setting forth standards and procedures for the depositing of shellfish imported from outside the state in tidal waters of the state to prevent the introduction of harmful shellfish parasites, pests and diseases. No person may deposit any shellfish or shellfish seed imported from outside the state into the waters of the state unless such shellfish or shellfish seed has been produced from a hatchery which has been inspected or otherwise approved by the Department of Agriculture. Said department may charge such hatchery for any costs incurred in such inspection. Any moneys collected pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the fund established pursuant to section 26-237b and shall only be expended for the costs incurred in association with inspections made pursuant to this subsection. Any person who deposits shellfish in any of the tidal waters of the state shall first give notice thereof to the commissioner in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this section.(b) The commissioner shall have reasonable access to vessels, commercial fishing gear and docks and wharfs used in shellfish operations to determine compliance with the regulations adopted pursuant to this section.(c) On and after the effective date of regulations adopted pursuant to this section, no person shall deposit shellfish in the tidal waters of this state except in accordance with such regulations.(d) Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.(P.A. 87-520, S. 1; P.A. 91-333, S. 1, 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e), (f); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 91-333 amended Subsec. (a) to prohibit the introduction of imported shellfish into the waters of the state from any hatchery which has not been approved by the department of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner and Department of Agriculture with Commissioner and 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 § 26-225 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-225 - Stealing oysters.

 Any person who, in the daytime, unlawfully takes and carries away any oysters lawfully planted or cultivated in any waters, or any oysters being on any place designated for the planting or cultivation of oysters, shall be fined not more than three hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year; and, if such offense is committed in the night season, he shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than one year.(1949 Rev., S. 5056.)Evidence not admissible to prove that ground designated by commissioners after 1881 was natural ground. 62 C. 47. History of law. 79 C. 702. Cited. 112 C. 214.
CT Gen Stat § 26-226 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-226 - Injury to enclosure.

 Any person who wilfully injures any oyster enclosure legally designated, marked out and enclosed or removes any buoys or stakes used to mark out any oyster ground, or who takes any shells from such enclosure, 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 C misdemeanor.(1949 Rev., S. 5057; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 25; P.A. 78-334, S. 10; P.A. 07-217, S. 126; P.A. 12-80, S. 153.)History: 1961 act deleted provision which allowed prosecutions for first or second offenses to be heard and determined by a trial justice; P.A. 78-334 changed maximum fine for first offense from $7 to $50, changed fines for second conviction from minimum of $7 to $50 and from maximum of $20 to $100 and increased fine for subsequent convictions from $50 to $150 and specified six-month prison term as a maximum sentence; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes, effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days for first conviction, a fine of not less than $50 or more than $100 and imprisonment for not less than 30 days or more than 90 days for second conviction and a fine of $150 and imprisonment for not more than 6 months for subsequent conviction with Subdiv. (1) re penalty of a fine of not more than $250 for first offense and Subdiv. (2) re penalty of a class C misdemeanor for subsequent offense.History of law. 79 C. 701.
CT Gen Stat § 26-227 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-227 - Taking from designated but unmarked ground.

 No person shall dredge, plant or collect any shells, shellfish or other material or perform any work pertaining to the shellfish industry upon any shellfish grounds, unless each lot whereon any such work is performed has at each corner thereof a buoy visible above mean high water. There shall be on each such buoy the initials of the owner or lessee of such lot and the number of the same as shown on the latest map issued in the report of the Commissioner of Agriculture, and the initial or initials denoting the direction of each corner from the center of the lot printed upon a tag securely fastened to each such buoy. Intermediate line buoys shall be so placed that the distance between buoys shall not be greater than eight hundred feet to be determined by the commissioner, provided said commissioner may permit the use of stakes in lieu of buoys where such use may be found necessary or advisable. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5058; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 359; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 29; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced shellfish commission with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced environmental protection commissioner with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.
CT Gen Stat § 26-228 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-228 - Taking shellfish between sunset and sunrise.

 Any person who, between sunset and sunrise, takes or collects any shells or shellfish from the shores or waters in this state shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days or both.(1949 Rev., S. 5059; P.A. 78-334, S. 11; P.A. 83-245, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 140.)History: P.A. 78-334 raised maximum fine from $100 to $500 and minimum fine from $50 to $100; P.A. 83-245 prohibited the taking of shells or shellfish between sunset and sunrise from any of the “shores” of the state and repealed the exemption for the taking of clams off Branford; P.A. 12-80 rephrased penalty provision and decreased maximum term of imprisonment from 60 days to 30 days.
CT Gen Stat § 26-229 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-229 - Injury to monuments.

 Any person who wilfully injures, removes or displaces any range monument, signal, beacon, boundstone, post or buoy, or any part, appurtenance or enclosure thereof, erected, constructed or set by the Commissioner of Agriculture, or by his order, on the land or water of this state, for the purpose of designating, locating, surveying or mapping any shellfish grounds, shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.(1949 Rev., S. 5061; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 360; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 30; P.A. 78-334, S. 12; P.A. 96-180, S. 101, 166; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 12-80, S. 141.)History: 1971 act replaced references to shellfish commissioners with references to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; P.A. 78-334 increased maximum fine from $100 to $150; P.A. 96-180 deleted “said” and inserted “the” before “Commissioner of Agriculture”, effective June 3, 1996; 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 changed penalty from a fine of not more than $150 or imprisonment of not more than 90 days or both to a class D misdemeanor.
CT Gen Stat § 26-230 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-230 - Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground.

 Any person who applies for and procures any designation of a place for planting oysters, clams or mussels to be made to him, for the purpose of assigning the rights which he may acquire, for profit or speculation, and any person, other than the owner, the lessee, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the authorized committee or the selectmen, who stakes out or encloses any grounds in navigable waters for the purpose of planting or cultivating oysters thereon, shall be fined not more than fifty dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5062; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 361; 1972, P.A. 52, S. 31; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(e); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced shellfish commissioners with commissioner of environmental protection; 1972 act replaced commissioner of environmental protection with commissioner of agriculture; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Agriculture with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.History of law. 74 C. 377.
CT Gen Stat § 26-231 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries|Section 26-231 - Towing dredge prohibited.

 Any person who, without the written permission of the owner or lessee of any properly designated oyster ground, tows or assists in towing under water any dredge, trawl or contrivance for taking fish or shellfish, in a manner to cause it to come into contact with any such ground or any shellfish thereon, shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars and shall forfeit his right to fish in the marine district of Connecticut for one year.(1949 Rev., S. 5063; P.A. 12-80, S. 154.)History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not more than $50 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a fine of $250 and deleted separate penalty for second offense.