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CT Gen Stat § 26-133 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-133 - Stocking with different species of fish.

 Section 26-133 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 5000; 1955, S. 2545d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 308; P.A. 83-191, S. 8, 9.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-134 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-134 - Obstructing streams.

 No person shall, unless authorized by the commissioner, prevent the passing of fish in any stream or through the outlet or inlet of any pond or stream by means of any rack, screen, weir or other obstruction or fail, within ten days after service upon him of a copy of an order issued by the commissioner, to remove such obstruction.(1949 Rev., S. 5001; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 309.)History: 1971 act replaced references to director of board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-135 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-135 - Pond weirs and nets.

 The proprietor of any private pond or lake, and the selectmen of any town in which any pond or lake is situated, or the selectmen of the towns surrounding any lake or pond located in more than one town, may, when any such pond or lake has been stocked by the commissioner with bass, landlocked salmon or any other fish not natural to such waters, construct or authorize the construction of weirs or nets to prevent the escape of any such fish and to prevent any such fish from getting into any flume or mill race and being injured or destroyed by any machinery or chemical; provided, when the water of any such pond or lake is used for manufacturing or any other purpose, any such weir or net shall be so constructed and kept clear from obstruction that it shall not interfere with the full passage of water.(1949 Rev., S. 5002; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 310.)History: 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-136 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-136 - Fishways.

 (a) Upon petition of ten or more persons owning property above any dam or artificial obstruction existing on October 1, 1982, built upon any stream, the commissioner shall determine whether such dam or artificial obstruction shall be provided by the person, firm, corporation or municipality or political subdivision thereof, owning or controlling the dam or obstruction with a suitable fishway for the passage of fish. Upon receipt of an application for a permit to construct, rebuild or substantially repair a dam or artificial obstruction built upon any stream, the commissioner shall require the dam or artificial obstruction be provided with a fishway if such a facility is necessary to protect fisheries resources by providing access to natural spawning or nursery areas or to protect the public interest by preventing the loss of a fishery from the area of the dam or artificial obstruction. For the purposes of this section, “rebuild” or “substantially repair” means any action altering the structure of the dam or artificial obstruction, changing the use of the dam or artificial obstruction or impeding the available free passage of fish.(b) Within thirty days from the receipt of such petition or application, the commissioner shall set a time and place for a hearing thereon, if in the opinion of the commissioner a hearing is reasonable or necessary.(c) Upon determination that a fishway is necessary, the commissioner shall issue an order to the person, firm, corporation or municipality or political subdivision thereof owning or controlling the dam or obstruction to construct a fishway in the form, material, capacity, at such location and within such time as the commissioner establishes. The commissioner shall cause a copy of the order to be served on the person, firm, corporation or municipality or political subdivision thereof. Such fishway shall be constructed and maintained subject to the approval of the commissioner, and shall be kept open and free for the passage of such fish in such manner and during such period as the commissioner requires. If no such period is specified by the commissioner, it shall be kept open and free from April first to November first in each year.(1949 Rev., S. 5003; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 311; P.A. 82-134, S. 1.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 82-134 divided section into Subsecs., amended Subsec. (a) to authorize the commissioner to require fishways as part of the construction, rebuilding or substantial repair of dams if necessary to protect fisheries resources, amended Subsec. (b) with technical revisions required by the changes in Subsec. (a) and amended Subsec. (c) to authorize the commissioner to issue specifications for the dam.
CT Gen Stat § 26-137 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-137 - Fishing near fishways.

 No person shall take or attempt to take any fish, with the exception of lamprey eels during the open season for the same, within two hundred fifty feet of any fishway, except that the commissioner when he deems necessary may extend or reduce such distance and shall indicate such other distance by posting.(1949 Rev., S. 5004; P.A. 83-191, S. 7, 9.)History: P.A. 83-191 prohibited the taking of fish within 250 feet of any fishway where previously prohibition extended to 500 feet below fishways, eliminated exception for sport fishing and authorized the commissioner to establish another distance if appropriate.
CT Gen Stat § 26-138 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-138 - Draining for taking fish.

 No person, firm, corporation or municipality or political subdivision thereof shall intentionally drain the water from any stream, lake, pond, reservoir or other impoundment for the purpose of taking fish therefrom or shall so drain such water for any other purpose to the point where the life of fish therein is endangered unless notice has been given to the commissioner at least forty-eight hours before such draining commences and in each such case representatives of the department shall be permitted to enter upon such property to determine whether the removal or salvage of fish would be necessary, and to carry out such operations.(1949 Rev., S. 5005; 1955, S. 2546d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 312.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game and its director with references to environmental protection department and commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-139 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-139 - Responsibility for draining. Penalty.

 The person who has authority to issue an order directing the draining of any such waters shall, for the purpose of section 26-138, be deemed to be responsible for such act if such draining takes place and the name and title of such person shall, upon the request of said commissioner, be registered with said commissioner by the secretary, or other proper officer, of any such firm, corporation, municipality or political subdivision. Any person who violates any provision of this section or section 26-138 shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars.(1949 Rev., S. 5005; 1955, S. 2546d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 313.)History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner.
CT Gen Stat § 26-140 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-140 - Fishing rights in stream crossing highway.

 Notwithstanding any taking or purchase made or to be made for highway purposes by the commissioner of transportation, the fishing rights in any flowing stream crossing such highway shall run with the land of the abutting owner, condemnee or grantor, as the case may be, unless just compensation for such fishing rights has been determined and paid and the deed or instrument conveying title expressly transferred such rights. The commissioner may, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, prohibit, regulate or curtail the exercise of such rights by any such owner from any bridge under the control of said commissioner.(1957, P.A. 209, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 768, S. 258; P.A. 82-472, S. 103, 183.)History: 1969 act substituted commissioner of transportation for highway commissioner; P.A. 82-472 provided that the commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 and eliminated a reference to repealed sections 4-41 to 4-50, inclusive.
CT Gen Stat § 26-141 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-141 - Fine for violation.

 Any person who violates any provision of this part for the violation of which no other penalty is provided shall be fined two hundred fifty dollars. Each fish taken or possessed in violation of any provision of this part shall constitute a separate offense.(1949 Rev., S. 4941, 5009; P.A. 95-119, S. 9; P.A. 01-115, S. 2, 5; P.A. 02-50, S. 2.)History: P.A. 95-119 deleted provision re imprisonment and provided for a fine of $77; P.A. 01-115 changed fine to $154, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-50 increased fine to $250.
CT Gen Stat § 26-141a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-141a - Standards for flow of water in rivers or streams.

 Whenever any dam or other structure is maintained in this state which impounds, or diverts, the waters of a river or stream or which dam or other structure affects the flow of water in such a river or stream, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, setting forth standards concerning the flow of such water in accordance with section 26-141b.(1971, P.A. 229, S. 1; 872, S. 441; P.A. 05-142, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Later 1971 act replaced state board of fisheries and game and water resources commission with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 05-142 removed references to stocked rivers or streams and made technical changes; 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 § 26-141c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-141c - Violation of regulations.

 After the adoption of regulations pursuant to section 26-141b, no person or municipality, as defined in section 22a-423, shall maintain any dam or structure impounding or diverting water within this state except in accordance with regulations as established by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. If the commissioner finds that any person or municipality, as defined in section 22a-423, is violating such regulations, the commissioner shall issue an order to such person or municipality to comply with the regulations. The order shall include a time schedule for the accomplishment of the necessary steps leading to compliance. If such person or municipality fails thereafter to comply with the regulations concerning flow of water, the commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the Superior Court to enjoin such person or municipality from restricting the flow of such water in accordance with such regulations.(1971, P.A. 229, S. 3; 872, S. 443; P.A. 05-142, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Later 1971 act replaced water resources commission with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 05-142 replaced references to “standards” with references to “regulations”, replaced references to “firm or corporation” with references to “municipality”, and made technical changes; 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 § 26-142 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-142 - Registration of nets. Permits to tend or operate.

 Section 26-142 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4952; 1949, S. 2535d; 1957, P.A. 345, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 314; P.A. 74-348, S. 10, 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-142c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-142c - Vessel permit exemption for taking lobsters or fish for personal use.

 Notwithstanding the requirements of subsection (a) of section 26-142a, no commercial fishing vessel permit shall be required for any vessel used for taking lobsters or fish, including menhaden, for personal use only.(P.A. 97-133, S. 4, 5.)History: P.A. 97-133 effective June 13, 1997.
CT Gen Stat § 26-142d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-142d - Dual-landing agreements for Winter I Summer Flounder.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall enter into an agreement with the state of Rhode Island, the state of New York or both, to provide for a dual-landing agreement that authorizes commercial fishermen who are licensed in this state and Rhode Island or New York, as applicable, to take fish from state and federal waters in an amount that exceeds such commercial fisherman's daily limit in an agreement state but not more than the total daily limit for such commercial fisherman among the states that are a party to such agreement. Such agreement shall be limited to the Winter I Summer Flounder season. Pursuant to such agreement, such commercial fisherman shall separate such take by the daily limits allowed in each such state and complete any such landing in each state by the hour specified in such agreement. Any such agreement shall allow for such agreement to be extended to commercial fishermen licensed in this state and any other state with which Connecticut shares either a water or land boundary. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may board the vessel of any commercial fisherman who makes a take pursuant to such an agreement in order to inspect for compliance with the terms of any such agreement.(P.A. 19-28, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-143 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-143 - Nets to be marked.

 Section 26-143 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4955; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 315; P.A. 74-348, S. 10, 11.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-143a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-143a - Nets to be buoyed and marked. Boats to display license or registration flag.

 Section 26-143a is repealed, effective October 1, 2014.(P.A. 74-348, S. 4, 11; P.A. 13-83, S. 12.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-154a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-154a - Use of purse seines in Long Island Sound.

 Section 26-154a is repealed, effective October 1, 2000.(1972, P.A. 44, S. 1, 2; P.A. 74-193, S. 1, 2; P.A. 00-196, S. 65.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-155 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-155 - Fish oil or fertilizer.

 No person shall render any food fish into oil or fertilizer. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit the rendering and treatment of fish into food for human or animal consumption.(1949 Rev., S. 4967; September, 1950, S. 2540d.)
CT Gen Stat § 26-157c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-157c - Regulations governing the taking and possession of lobsters. Regulations implementing the lobster trap allocation buy-back program.

 (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, governing the taking of lobsters in the waters of this state and the possession of lobsters in the state regardless of where taken for the purpose of conserving and managing the populations of American lobster.(b) Not later than April 1, 2007, the commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the lobster trap allocation buy-back program established pursuant to section 26-157h. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions for a payment of fifteen dollars for each allocated lobster trap permanently retired from the lobster fishery. Such regulations shall be limited to the buy-back of lobster trap allocations of resident commercial lobster fishermen holding lobster trap allocations issued by the commissioner and who have reported lobster landings between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2005, as determined by the commissioner, based on reports submitted pursuant to section 26-157b, or who have received license transfers with trap allocations, and shall not require the buy-back of lobster traps. For purposes of this subsection, “lobster trap” means lobster pot.(P.A. 85-434, S. 1, 6; P.A. 90-274, S. 11; P.A. 06-187, S. 49; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 90-274 added provision making the section applicable to the possession as well as the taking of lobsters in the waters of the state; P.A. 06-187 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re regulations to implement lobster trap allocation buy-back program, 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” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-157e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-157e - Commissioner to pursue lobster restoration funds. Administration of funds. Entering into contracts.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall do all things necessary to apply for, qualify for and accept any federal or state funds made available or allotted under any federal or state act for the restoration of lobster stock, or any other federal or state acts, projects, programs or activities related thereto. The commissioner shall administer any such funds allotted to the commissioner in accordance with federal law and the law of this state. The commissioner may enter into contracts with the federal government or any state government concerning the use, maintenance and repayment of such funds under any such federal or state act.(P.A. 05-281, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 05-281 effective July 1, 2005; 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 § 26-157f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-157f - Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation.

 (a) There is established a Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee to advise the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection on matters relating to the development of a lobster v-notch conservation program to enhance recovery and rebuilding of lobster stock in Long Island Sound.(b) The committee shall be comprised of the following eleven members: (1) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee, (2) the Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee, (3) the state's administrative commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (4) the state's legislative commissioner to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (5) the state's commissioner who has been appointed by the Governor to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, (6) a representative of the Southern New England Fishermen's and Lobsterman's Association, (7) a representative of the Connecticut Commercial Lobstermen's Association, (8) a representative of the Long Island Western End Lobstermen's Association, (9) a representative of the state vocational aquaculture school known as the Sound School in New Haven, (10) a representative of a state vocational aquaculture school in Bridgeport, and (11) a representative of the Connecticut Seafood Council.(c) The committee shall be appointed jointly by the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Agriculture, after receiving appointment nominations from each group listed in subsection (b) of this section, not more than thirty days after May 26, 2006. The committee shall elect its own chairman and such other officers and adopt such rules of procedure as it may deem appropriate. Members of said committee shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses in the performance of their duties.(P.A. 06-187, S. 46; P.A. 11-80, S. 84.)History: P.A. 06-187 effective May 26, 2006; P.A. 11-80 changed “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 26-157g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-157g - Lobster v-notch restoration program.

 If the Lobster Management Board of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission approves a lobster v-notch restoration program having equivalent conservation value to the approved or future requirements of the Commission's Lobster Management Plan for Lobster Management Area 6 on or before November 1, 2006, then one hundred per cent of any appropriations made for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, for lobster stock recovery and conservation shall be made for the implementation of such program. If said Lobster Management Board does not approve such lobster restoration program on or before November 1, 2006, then sixty per cent of any such appropriations shall be used to implement the provisions of subsection (b) of section 26-157c and forty per cent of any such appropriation shall be used to implement the provisions of section 26-157i.(P.A. 06-187, S. 47.)History: P.A. 06-187 effective May 26, 2006.
CT Gen Stat § 26-157h (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 26 - Fisheries and Game|Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game|Section 26-157h - Lobster trap allocation buy-back program.

 Within available appropriations, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a lobster trap allocation buy-back program to permanently retire lobster traps from the lobster fishery. The program shall provide for payment of fifteen dollars for each allocated lobster trap permanently retired from the lobster fishery.(P.A. 06-187, S. 48; 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.