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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-28c. - Marine waters fishing license fees.

(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the fee for a resident marine waters fishing license shall be as specified in section 26-28. Persons sixty-five years of age and over who have been residents of this state for not less than one year may be issued an annual marine waters fishing license without fee. The town clerk shall retain a recording fee of one dollar for each marine waters fishing license issued by him or her.
(b) Any nonresident residing in one of the New England states or the state of New York may procure a marine waters fishing license for the same fee or fees as a resident of this state if he or she is a resident of a state the laws of which allow the same privilege to residents of this state.
(P.A. 09-173, S. 5; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 09-173 effective June 15, 2009; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-8 amended Subsec. (a) to change fees from $10 and $15 to amounts specified in Sec. 26-28, effective October 5, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-29. - Free lifetime fishing license for person who is blind.

No fee shall be charged for any sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any person who is blind, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35. Proof of such blindness shall be furnished, in the case of a veteran, by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and, in the case of any other person, by the Department of Aging and Disability Services. For the purpose of this section, a person shall be blind only if his or her central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or if his or her visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.
(1955, S. 2471d; 1957, P.A. 321, S. 1; P.A. 07-133, S. 3; P.A. 11-44, S. 30; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 82; P.A. 17-202, S. 77; P.A. 18-72, S. 30; P.A. 19-157, S. 81.)
History: P.A. 07-133 added provision making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 11-44 replaced “State Board of Education of the Blind” with “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services”, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 replaced “Bureau of Rehabilitative Services” with “Department of Rehabilitation Services”, effective July 1, 2012; P.A. 17-202 replaced “blind person” with “person who is blind” and made technical changes; P.A. 18-72 replaced “Veterans' Administration” with “Department of Veterans Affairs”; P.A. 19-157 replaced “Department of Rehabilitation Services” with “Department of Aging and Disability Services”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-29a. - Free lifetime fishing licenses for persons with intellectual disability.

No fee shall be charged for any sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any person with intellectual disability, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35. Proof of intellectual disability shall consist of a certificate to that effect issued by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse.
(1963, P.A. 77; P.A. 07-133, S. 4; P.A. 13-139, S. 29; P.A. 16-39, S. 53; P.A. 21-196, S. 52.)
History: P.A. 07-133 added provision making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 13-139 substituted “intellectual disability” for “mental retardation”; P.A. 16-39 replaced “any person licensed to practice medicine and surgery in this state” with “a licensed physician or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse”; P.A. 21-196 added “, a licensed physician assistant”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-29b. - Free lifetime hunting, sport fishing or trapping license for person with physical disability.

No fee shall be charged for any hunting, sport fishing or trapping license issued under this chapter to any person with physical disability, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35. For the purposes of this section, a “person with physical disability” is any person whose disability consists of the loss of one or more limbs or the permanent loss of the use of one or more limbs. A person with physical disability shall submit to the commissioner a certification, signed by a licensed physician, a licensed physician assistant or a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, of such physical disability. No fee shall be charged for any hunting or sport fishing license issued under this chapter to any person with physical disability who is not a resident of this state if such person is a resident of a state in which a person with physical disability from Connecticut will not be required to pay a fee for a hunting or sport fishing license, and such license shall be a lifetime license not subject to the expiration provisions of section 26-35.
(P.A. 87-513, S. 1; P.A. 93-256, S. 2, 6; P.A. 07-133, S. 5; P.A. 16-39, S. 54; P.A. 17-202, S. 78; P.A. 21-196, S. 53.)
History: P.A. 93-256 expanded eligibility for licenses under this section and added eligibility for free trapping licenses, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 07-133 added provisions making license a lifetime license, effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 16-39 added reference to licensed advanced practice registered nurse; P.A. 17-202 replaced references to physically disabled person with references to person with physical disability and made a conforming change; P.A. 21-196 added “, a licensed physician assistant”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-29c. - Free private land deer permit for certain farmers.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 26-27, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall issue, without fee, a private land deer permit for use only on a farm provided: (1) The farm is an S corporation or a limited liability corporation; and (2) the permit is issued to a corporate member or the immediate family of the corporate member, or to a partner or immediate family of the partner of the limited liability corporation. No such corporate member, partner or family member shall be issued more than one such permit per season. The permit shall allow the use of a rifle, shotgun, muzzleloader or bow and arrow on the farm from November first until December thirty-first, inclusive, of each year. For purposes of this section, “S corporation” means S corporation, as defined in section 12-213, “limited liability corporation” means a company that is treated as a limited liability company for federal income tax purposes, and “immediate family” means a spouse, child, grandchild, sibling or parent.
(P.A. 00-67, S. 2; P.A. 03-192, S. 12; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 03-192 added provisions authorizing farms that are limited liability corporations to receive free private land deer permits and made a technical change; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-31a. - Instruction in fishing techniques.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall formulate a course of instruction in fishing techniques to be known as the fishing education and urban angling program. The commissioner shall designate one or more competent persons or organizations to give such instruction. Any person so designated shall give such instruction to any person requesting the same and shall upon successful completion thereof issue a certificate of completion to such person. No fee shall be charged for such instruction.
(b) All certified fishing instructors shall, while performing their duties under this section, be covered by liability and property damage insurance protection, which insurance shall be in an amount satisfactory to and negotiated by the Comptroller and the premium for such insurance shall be paid from the General Fund.
(P.A. 85-570, S. 1, 4; 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. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-31b. - Hunting and fishing guide services. Licenses. Fee.

Section 26-31b is repealed, effective January 1, 2003.
(Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 20, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 131.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-31c. - Hunting or fishing guide services. Registration. Fee. Exception. Limit on customers in vessel. Regulations. Fine.

(a) No person shall conduct hunting or fishing guide services in this state unless such person registers with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Such registration shall be made on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection provided such form shall require the listing of such registrant's: (1) Name, (2) residential address, (3) business address, (4) business telephone number, and (5) services offered. The fee for such registration shall be one hundred dollars. Each such registration shall be nontransferable and shall expire on the last day of December next following the date of issuance. For the purposes of this section, “hunting or fishing guide services” means aiding, assisting or instructing any person in the taking of fish or wildlife while in the fields, forests or on the waters of the state in exchange for any form of remuneration. No person shall operate a vessel for the purpose of providing hunting or fishing guide services on navigable waters of the state unless such person has registered with the department as a hunting or fishing guide services provider and holds a current passenger-for-hire license issued by the United States Coast Guard.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to any user, operator or crew of any vessel registered as a charter boat, party boat or head boat in accordance with the provisions of section 26-142a.
(c) Any person who provides fishing guide services that entail the use of a vessel while taking or landing marine species shall not have more than two customers in such vessel at any given time.
(d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(e) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall have committed an infraction and be fined not more than ninety dollars.
(P.A. 14-201, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 14-201 effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-31d. - Printed fishing guides for 2023 season. Public availability.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make available to the public, free of charge, a printed fishing guide for the 2023 season.
(P.A. 22-51, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 22-51 effective May 23, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-32. - Permanent license.

Section 26-32 is repealed.
(1957, P.A. 565; 1963, P.A. 329, S. 4; 1967, P.A. 70, S. 1; 1971 P.A. 9, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-33. - Issuance of complimentary licenses to nonresidents.

The Governor may issue complimentary hunting and fishing licenses to nonresidents.
(1929, S.A. 231; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 231.)
History: 1971 act deleted requirement that board of fisheries and game approve governor's issuance of complimentary licenses.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-34. - License for nonresident servicemen.

Section 26-34 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4874; 1949, 1953, 1955, S. 2466d; 1957, P.A. 163, S. 38; 1963, P.A. 329, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-34a. - License for nonresident servicemen.

Any nonresident who is an active, full-time member of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, may purchase any license issuable under the provisions of this chapter to residents of this state on payment of the same fee as is charged such residents. Such license shall be in effect until December thirty-first of the year in which it is issued. When using such license such person shall carry credentials indicating active, full-time membership in said armed forces, unless he has been discharged or separated from such service prior to the expiration date of such license.
(1967, P.A. 244, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-36. - Record of licenses. Remittance of fees by town clerks.

Each town clerk shall keep a record of all licenses issued by such clerk under the provisions of this chapter for a period of two years after issuance, which record shall be open to public inspection, and such clerk shall, on the first Monday of each month, remit to the commissioner all money, except the recording fees, received by such clerk for such licenses issued during the month preceding and shall also forward to the commissioner copies of all licenses issued during the month preceding. Within fifteen days following the close of each calendar year, the town clerk shall send to the commissioner (1) all license forms, other than lifetime license forms, allotted to such clerk which were not issued, (2) an annual report in such form as is required by the commissioner, accounting for all license forms furnished such clerk by the commissioner, licenses sold by such clerk, licenses voided by such clerk and licenses unused, and (3) an affidavit attesting to the accuracy of the accounting in said annual report.
(1949 Rev., S. 4872; 1951, S. 2465d; 1967, P.A. 85; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 233; P.A. 77-480; P.A. 78-270, S. 2; P.A. 01-79, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act required that town clerk keep record of licenses issued “for a period of two years after issuance”; 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 77-480 required that clerks remit collected moneys to commissioner rather than to state treasurer; P.A. 78-270 specified that clerk need not return forms for lifetime licenses; P.A. 01-79 inserted Subdiv. designators, added Subdiv. (3), requiring town clerk to send an affidavit to commissioner attesting to accuracy of accounting and made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-37. - Duplicate licenses.

The commissioner, upon written application and the payment of a fee of eleven dollars, shall issue to any person licensed to hunt, to hunt and trap or fish, or the combination thereof, a duplicate license when he is satisfied that the original license of such person has been lost, destroyed or mutilated beyond recognition. No such application form shall contain any material false statement. All such application forms shall have printed thereon, “I declare under the penalties of false statement that the statements herein made by me are true and correct.” Any person who makes any material false statement on such application form shall be guilty of false statement and shall be subject to the penalties provided for false statement and such offense shall be deemed to have been committed in the town of residence of the applicant, except that in the case of applications received from nonresidents such offense shall be deemed to have been committed in the town in which such application is presented or received for processing. The town clerk certifying such application form shall receive from the total fee herein specified the sum of one dollar.
(1949 Rev., S. 4877; 1957, P.A. 274; 1961, P.A. 138; 1963, P.A. 329, S. 6; 1967, P.A. 244, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 871, S. 104; 872, S. 234; P.A. 85-100, S. 1, 5; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 12, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 85; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 445; P.A. 10-3, S. 36.)
History: 1961 act increased fee for duplicate license from $0.25 to $1.35 and specified that town clerk is to receive $0.35 of that amount; 1963 act added reference to combination licenses; 1967 act added reference to separate license for hunting only; 1971 acts substituted false statement and its applicable penalties for perjury and its applicable penalties and replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 85-100 increased the amount of the license fee from $1.35 to $3.00, and increased the amount that can be retained by the town clerk from $0.35 to $1.00; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 increased the fee for duplicate licenses issued from $3.00 to $5.00; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased fee from $5.00 to $7.00, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $7 to $15; P.A. 10-3 reduced fee from $15 to $11, effective April 14, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-38. - Hunting by minors.

(a) Any person over the age of eighteen years who holds a firearms hunting or archery hunting license may, while hunting with firearms or bows, be accompanied by not more than two minors between the ages of twelve and sixteen years who may hunt with firearms or bows if such minors hold a junior firearms hunting or junior archery hunting license, and provided such person and such minors shall not carry more than one gun or bow each. Such licensee shall be responsible for the observance by such minors of all game laws and regulations made by the commissioner. No provision hereof shall affect the right of persons over the age of eighteen years exempt from license requirements to be accompanied by a minor, provided the other provisions hereof shall be observed.
(b) Any person under sixteen years of age may trap, provided such person has a license to trap and a certificate of competency issued under subsection (a) of section 26-31.
(1949 Rev., S. 4876; 1961, P.A. 133, S. 2; 1963, P.A. 329, S. 7; 1967, P.A. 244, S. 6; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 235; 1972, P.A. 127, S. 54; P.A. 81-298, S. 8, 9; P.A. 82-366, S. 6; P.A. 85-403, S. 1; P.A. 87-180, S. 1.)
History: 1961 act required that minors accompanying adult licensees hold certificates of competency if they intend to hunt; 1963 act replaced reference to hunting license with reference to hunting and trapping license; 1967 act added reference to license for hunting only; 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner; 1972 act substituted “eighteen” for “twenty-one” reflecting changed age of majority; P.A. 81-298 amended Subsec. (a) by adding one bow to the limit on weapons that can be carried in the presence of a minor and added Subsec. (b) re trapping by persons under 16 years of age; P.A. 82-366 made technical revisions to Subsec. (a) for consistency with new license categories established by Secs. 26-27, 26-27a and 26-30 specified applicability of per person bag limit for “pheasants” rather than for “game”; P.A. 85-403 amended Subsec. (a) to allow minors their own bag limit; P.A. 87-180 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing the number of minors who may be supervised by an adult from one to two.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-39. - Hunting licenses for owners of packs of dogs.

Any hunting organization or individual owning and using for hunting an organized pack of ten or more hounds or beagles may hunt foxes or rabbits for sport during the open season provided therefor, provided such organization or individual shall be licensed to do so. The commissioner may issue such license upon application and the payment of an annual fee of forty-eight dollars. Persons participating in hunting conducted with an organized pack of hounds under such a license shall not be required to have a hunting license. No participant in such hunt shall carry firearms.
(1949 Rev., S. 4878; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 236; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 86; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 446; P.A. 10-3, S. 37.)
History: 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased annual fee from $25 to $35, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $35 to $70; P.A. 10-3 reduced fee from $70 to $48, effective April 14, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-40c. - Search and seizure.

Any officer or agent authorized by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any state police officer or any police officer of any town shall have authority to execute any warrant to search for and seize any goods, merchandise or any threatened or endangered species possessed, sold or offered for sale in violation of section 26-311 or any property or item used in connection with a violation of said section. Such goods, merchandise, threatened or endangered species or property shall be held pending proceedings in any court of proper jurisdiction. Upon the conviction of any person charged with a violation of section 26-311, the goods, merchandise or threatened or endangered species seized in connection therewith under the provisions of this section shall be forfeited and retained by the commissioner or offered to a recognized institution for scientific or educational purposes, or destroyed. All costs incurred by the state shall be assessed against the violator.
(1971, P.A. 107, S. 3; June, 1971, P.A. 1, S. 6; P.A. 73-445, S. 4; P.A. 85-104, S. 1; P.A. 89-224, S. 15, 22; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June, 1971 act replaced incorrect reference to commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with reference to commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 73-445 substituted “rare or endangered species” for “wild animal” and “subsection (b) of section 26-40e” for “subsection (a) of section 26-40b”; P.A. 85-104 substituted references to “threatened” species for references to “rare” species; P.A. 89-224 added references to Sec. 26-311, removed obsolete language, added the alternative that seized goods, merchandise or species be retained by the commissioner and added the provision that costs incurred by the state be assessed against the violator; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-40d. - Exceptions.

The commissioner may permit, under such regulations as he may adopt in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, the transfer, sale, offering for sale, or delivery of any threatened or endangered species or any activity otherwise prohibited under sections 26-303 to 26-312, inclusive, for scientific, educational, biological or zoological purposes, and for the propagation of threatened and endangered species in captivity for preservation purposes, unless such transfer, sale, offering for sale, delivery or activity is prohibited by any federal law or regulation.
(1971, P.A. 107, S. 4; June, 1971, P.A. 1, S. 7; P.A. 73-445, S. 5; P.A. 74-338, S. 66, 94; P.A. 85-104, S. 2; P.A. 89-224, S. 16, 22.)
History: June, 1971 act replaced incorrect reference to commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with reference to commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 73-445 substituted “rare or endangered species” for “wild animal” and “subsection (c) of section 26-40e” for “subsection (a) of section 26-40b”; P.A. 74-338 substituted “chapter 54” for “sections 4-41 to 4-50, inclusive”; P.A. 85-104 substituted references to “threatened” species for references to “rare” species and made other minor changes; P.A. 89-224 added language pertaining to activities otherwise prohibited under chapter 495, removed obsolete language and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-40e. - Killing, possession and sale of endangered and threatened species.

Section 26-40e is repealed.
(P.A. 73-445, S. 1–3; P.A. 79-354, S. 1, 2; P.A. 85-104, S. 3; P.A. 89-224, S. 21, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-40f. - Penalty.

Any person who commits, takes part in or assists in violating section 26-40c, 26-40d or section 26-311 or the regulations adopted pursuant to said sections shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than six months or both for each offense. Any employer requiring or encouraging its employees to violate said sections shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year or both. The taking of each endangered or threatened plant or wildlife species or specimen or part thereof shall be deemed to be a separate offense.
(P.A. 73-445, S. 6; P.A. 85-104, S. 4; P.A. 89-224, S. 17, 22.)
History: P.A. 85-104 substituted references to “threatened” species for “rare” species; P.A. 89-224 added reference to Sec. 26-311 and regulations and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-43. - Sale of raw furs to unlicensed nonresident dealer.

Any licensed resident fur dealer or any other person who sells raw furs to any unlicensed nonresident fur dealer while within the boundaries of this state or who aids such unlicensed nonresident dealer, while within the boundaries of this state, in buying raw furs shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and such licensed resident fur dealer shall forfeit his fur dealer's license for one year from the date of his conviction.
(1949 Rev., S. 4881; P.A. 12-80, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not less than $100 or more than $250 or imprisonment of not more than 10 days or both with a fine of not more than $250.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-45. - Bait dealer's license.

No person shall possess for the purpose of sale, sell or offer for sale any bait species without first obtaining a bait dealer's license from the commissioner, provided the provisions of this section shall not apply to persons issued a commercial hatchery license under section 26-149. Application forms for such license shall be furnished by the commissioner. Such license shall be nontransferable. The fee for each such license shall be sixty-three dollars annually. Each such license shall expire on the last day of December next after issuance. Each such licensed bait dealer may possess and sell only such bait species as shall be authorized under regulations issued by the commissioner, provided live carp and goldfish shall not be possessed for any purpose on premises used by licensed bait dealers. Each such licensee shall keep such records relating to the operation of such business as the commissioner determines on forms furnished by the commissioner and shall file such report with the commissioner within thirty days after the expiration of such license. No such report shall contain any material false statement. Failure to file such report shall be a violation of this section and the commissioner may refuse to reissue such license until the licensee complies with this requirement. Representatives of the commissioner may enter upon the premises of bait dealers at any time to inspect required records and the bait species possessed and to detect violations of this section and regulations issued hereunder by the commissioner, and such representatives may confiscate and dispose of any fish illegally possessed. Any person who violates any provision of this section or any such regulation issued by the commissioner shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.
(1957, P.A. 338, S. 1; 1959, P.A. 398, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 240; P.A. 82-91, S. 21, 38; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 15, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 89; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 449; P.A. 10-3, S. 40; P.A. 12-80, S. 83.)
History: 1959 act increased license fee from $2 to $5 and required that fees collected be deposited in general fund rather than in fish fund; 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 82-91 increased license fee from $5 to $10; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 increased the fee for a bait dealer's license to $20; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased license fee to $50, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $50 to $100; P.A. 10-3 reduced fee from $100 to $63 and made a technical change, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 12-80 replaced penalty of a fine of not less than $10 or more than $100 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days or both with a class D misdemeanor and made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-46. - Reciprocal fishing privileges.

(a) If and when the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts or the state of Rhode Island enacts a similar law granting reciprocal privileges to residents of this state, any person who holds a license to fish in inland waters in the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts or the state of Rhode Island may fish in inland waters lying partly in this state and partly in such adjoining state, or in such waters as negotiated by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection of this state and any similar authority in such adjoining state, without a nonresident inland waters license to fish as required by this chapter, provided such nonresidents shall be subject to all other provisions of the statutes and the regulations of the commissioner relating to fishing in lakes and ponds.
(b) If and when the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts, the state of New Hampshire, the state of Maine or the state of Rhode Island enacts a similar law granting reciprocal privileges to residents of this state, any nonresident who holds a marine waters fishing license issued by one of said states having such reciprocal privileges may fish in the marine district or land marine species in Connecticut and shall not be required to purchase a Connecticut nonresident marine waters fishing license. Such nonresidents shall be subject to all other provisions of the statutes and the regulations of the commissioner relating to fishing in the marine district.
(1957, P.A. 318, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 241; P.A. 09-173, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board and its director with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 09-173 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), added “inland” and “inland waters” and made a technical change therein and added Subsec. (b) re reciprocal privileges re marine waters fishing license, effective June 15, 2009; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-47a. - Use of noise-making devices to repel marauding birds and wildlife.

Section 26-47a is repealed, effective July 1, 1993.
(1967, P.A. 599, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 243; P.A. 73-16, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-222, S. 2, 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-48. - Private shooting preserves; permits; regulations.

The commissioner may issue permits authorizing the establishment and operation of regulated private shooting preserves when in his judgment such preserves will not conflict with any reasonable prior public interest. The fee for such permit shall be sixty-three dollars per season. A hunting license shall not be required to hunt on such private shooting preserves. The commissioner shall govern and prescribe by regulations the size of the preserves, the methods of hunting, the species and sex of birds that may be taken, the open and closed seasons, the tagging of birds with tags furnished by the commissioner at a reasonable fee and the releasing, possession and use of legally propagated game birds thereon; and may require such reports as the commissioner deems necessary concerning the operation of such preserves. Any permit issued under the provisions of this section may be revoked for a violation of any provision of this chapter or for a violation of any regulation made by the commissioner relating to private shooting preserves.
(1949, 1955, S. 2469d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 244; P.A. 82-91, S. 22, 38; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 16, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 91; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 451; P.A. 10-3, S. 41.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 82-91 increased permit fee from $10 to $25; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 increased the fee for permits authorizing the operation of private shooting preserves from $25 to $35; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased permit fee to $50, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $50 to $100; P.A. 10-3 reduced fee from $100 to $63, effective April 14, 2010.
See Sec. 26-73 prohibiting hunting on Sunday.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-48a. - Management of salmon, trout and turkey. Issuance of permits, tags or stamps.

(a) The commissioner may establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, standards for the management of salmon, trout and turkey which shall include provision for the issuance of permits, tags or stamps. The commissioner may charge a fee for a permit, tag or stamp as follows: Not more than nineteen dollars for turkey; not more than ten dollars for trout and not more than twenty-eight dollars for salmon. No person shall be issued a permit, tag or stamp for turkey without first obtaining a license to hunt and no person shall be issued a permit, tag or stamp for salmon or trout without first obtaining a license to fish. Notwithstanding any provision of any regulation to the contrary, the commissioner may charge a fee of nineteen dollars for the issuance of a permit to hunt wild turkey on state-owned or private land during the fall season.
(b) Such permits, tags or stamps shall be issued to qualified applicants by any town clerk. Application for such permits, tags or stamps shall be on such form and require of the applicant such information as the commissioner may prescribe. The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 authorizing a town clerk to retain part of any fee paid for a permit, tag or stamp issued by such town clerk pursuant to this section, provided the amount retained shall not be less than fifty cents.
(P.A. 82-91, S. 30, 38; P.A. 85-403, S. 3, 4; P.A. 89-351, S. 1, 11; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 4, 21; P.A. 97-250, S. 10; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 92; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 452; P.A. 10-3, S. 42; P.A. 16-27, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 85-403 added Subsec. (b) authorizing town clerks to issue permits, tags or stamps; P.A. 89-351 increased maximum fee for permit, tag or stamp for pheasant from $5 to $10; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for the issuance of a permit to hunt wild turkey and for a fee for such permit of $10; P.A. 97-250 amended Subsec. (a) to provide for regulations to manage migratory birds and for a fee for a permit, stamp or tag for taking of migratory birds and amended Subsec. (b) to authorize the commissioner to require information from an applicant for permits, stamps or tags under this section; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 amended Subsec. (a) to increase permit, tag or stamp fee for turkey from $10 to $14, fee for migratory game birds from $2 to $3, fee for pheasant from $10 to $14, fee for salmon from $20 to $28 and fee for wild turkey during fall season from $10 to $14, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) by increasing fees; P.A. 10-3 amended Subsec. (a) by reducing fees for turkey, migratory game birds and salmon, effective April 14, 2010; P.A. 16-27 amended Subsec. (a) to delete references to migratory game birds and pheasants, add references to trout and add provision re $10 fee for trout stamp, permit or tag, effective July 1, 2016.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-50. - Permits for training hunting dogs using liberated pheasants.

Section 26-50 is repealed.
(1957, P.A. 409; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 246; P.A. 83-191, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-51. - Permits for field dog trials. Fee.

The commissioner may, upon application and payment of a fee of nine dollars, issue to any responsible person or organization a permit to hold a field dog trial subject to such regulations as he may prescribe. Any such permit may be revoked by the commissioner at any time.
(1949 Rev., S. 4858; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 247; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 6, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 94; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 454; P.A. 10-3, S. 44.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended section to require a fee of $5 for a permit; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased fee to $7, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased fee from $7 to $15; P.A. 10-3 reduced fee from $15 to $9, effective April 14, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-52. - Permits for shooting birds liberated at field dog trials. Fees.

The commissioner may issue to any responsible person or authorized field trial group a permit to hold field dog trials, on land approved by the commissioner as suitable for the purpose, at any time, including Sunday, during daylight hours, at which liberated game birds, waterfowl and pigeons legally possessed may be shot. All such game birds shall, immediately after being shot, be tagged with tags furnished by the commissioner, for which a reasonable fee may be charged. Such game birds so tagged may be possessed, transported, bought and sold at any time. Tags shall not be removed from such game birds until such time as such birds are finally prepared for consumption. The commissioner may, by regulation, govern and prescribe the minimum number of such birds that shall be released, the method of liberating and the method of taking such birds, the species and sex of such birds that may be shot, locations where such field dog trials may be held, periods of the year when such field dog trials may be held, the maximum number of such field dog trials that shall be sponsored or conducted by an individual or group during the period from July first to June thirtieth and the method of reporting all such activities. Notwithstanding the provision of any regulation to the contrary, the fee for a permit to hold a field dog trial on state-owned land shall be thirty-five dollars and the fee for a permit to hold a field dog trial on private land shall be eighteen dollars.
(1949, S. 2450d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 248; P.A. 73-24, S. 1, 2; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3, S. 7, 21; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1, S. 95; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 455; P.A. 10-3, S. 45.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 73-24 specified that commissioner has power to dictate the method of reporting activities within the scope of his power; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-3 amended section to require a fee of $10 for a permit issued for a field dog trial held on private land and a fee of $20 for a permit issued for a field dog trial held on state land; May 9 Sp. Sess. P.A. 02-1 increased permit fee to hold a field dog trial on state-owned land to $28 and increased permit fee to hold a field dog trial on private land to $14, effective January 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased permit fee to hold field dog trial on state-owned land from $28 to $56 and increased permit fee to hold field dog trial on private land from $14 to $28; P.A. 10-3 reduced fees from $56 to $35 and from $28 to $18, effective April 14, 2010.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-53. - Hunting licenses not required at field trials.

A hunting license shall not be required for any person at any field trial under the supervision and regulation of the commissioner.
(1949 Rev., S. 4875; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 249.)
History: 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-54. - Permits for custodians of protected birds and quadrupeds.

The commissioner may appoint as custodians persons who may have in their possession injured, sick or immature birds or quadrupeds until such time as they can be released, and he may issue permits without fee authorizing possession of legally acquired wild birds or quadrupeds as pets or for the purpose of training dogs. The commissioner may regulate the number and species of birds or animals to be held under such permits and the type and size of pens used in their confinement and their care and feeding. The commissioner, in the interest of protecting other game, domestic birds or quadrupeds or the public health and safety, or for a violation of any regulation under which the permit was granted, may revoke such permit and may confiscate birds or animals possessed by the permittee and may destroy such birds or animals when, in his opinion, such action is advisable. Such permits shall expire December thirty-first of each year and may be renewed each year. The commissioner may require such annual reports from such permittees as he deems advisable. Any person who possesses any such bird or quadruped for any of such purposes unless so authorized by the commissioner shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4860; 1953, S. 2452d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 250; P.A. 73-20, S. 1, 2.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 73-20 substituted “game birds” for “wild birds”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-55a. - Possession of diploid grass carp.

(a) Any person who possesses diploid grass carp in violation of section 26-55 and the regulations adopted under said section, and who submits written notice of such possession to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, not later than January 1, 1990, shall not be subject to the penalty provided in said section 26-55.
(b) The department shall evaluate each site where diploid grass carp are present.
(c) The department shall allow diploid grass carp present in Connecticut on June 6, 1989, to remain, provided such carp are in a contained environment. As used in this subsection, “contained environment” means a lake or pond that has no outlet or whose outlet is screened or otherwise controlled to prevent the migration of fish.
(d) The department shall publicize the statutes and regulations pertaining to the importation, possession and liberation of diploid grass carp into the state.
(P.A. 89-218, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › Chapter 490 - Fisheries and Game › Section 26-56. - Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits.

No person shall transport into this state any wild hare or rabbit or liberate in this state any such animal which has been so transported, without a permit from the commissioner, except that wild hares known as snowshoe rabbits or variant hares may be imported without a permit from any of the New England states or the Province of Quebec or the maritime provinces of Canada and liberated in this state, subject to regulations issued by the commissioner, any statute to the contrary notwithstanding. The commissioner may quarantine, confiscate, destroy or otherwise dispose of any wild hare or rabbit other than a snowshoe rabbit or variant hare imported into this state and may make regulations as to importation and liberation of any such animal. Any person who violates any provision of this section or any regulation made under any such provision shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.
(1949 Rev., S. 4864; 1957, P.A. 393; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 252; P.A. 12-80, S. 24.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game with references to environmental protection commissioner; 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.