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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 25 - Water Resources, Flood and Erosion Control › 129 - Well Casing Extension › Section 25-129-9 - Limited direct exchange geothermal contractor W-9

Current through July 10, 2024
Registration as a limited direct exchange geothermal contractor
				W-9 permits the registrant to construct a geothermal bore hole or geothermal
				system up to and including the manifold connection, but limited to those
				geothermal bore holes employing direct exchange or direct expansion technology,
				as defined in section
				25-128-36(c)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, including, but not limited
				to, drilling associated with the installation of copper or other piping
				containing a direct exchange heat transfer medium, the installation, repair and
				maintenance of piping, casing, and heat transfer media. Before any registration
				is issued to any individual the Board shall require that the applicant submit
				documentation that the applicant has been actively engaged in the geothermal
				bore hole drilling trade as a direct exchange driller for a period of
				twenty-four (24) months prior to the date of application or has held a valid
				W-10 registration for at least two (2) years. The applicant shall evidence that
				he or she has passed a written examination conducted pursuant to sections
				21a-7(a)(1) and 21a-8(a)(5) of the Connecticut General
				Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 25 - Water Resources, Flood and Erosion Control › 129 - Well Casing Extension › Section 25-129-10 - Limited direct exchange geothermal driller W-10

Current through July 10, 2024
The requirements for registration as a limited direct exchange
				geothermal driller W-10 shall be one (1) year as a direct exchange geothermal
				driller trainee or possessing equivalent experience and training. Registration
				as a limited direct exchange geothermal driller W-10 permits the registrant to
				construct a geothermal bore hole or geothermal system up to and including the
				manifold connection, but limited to those bore holes employing direct exchange
				or direct expansion technology, as described in section
				25-128-36(c)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and associated components of
				a direct exchange geothermal system, including, but not limited to, drilling
				associated with the installation of copper or other piping containing a direct
				exchange heat transfer medium, the installation, repair and maintenance of
				piping, casing, heat transfer media, only while the registrant is in the direct
				and regular employment of a contractor registered for such work. The applicant
				shall demonstrate knowledge of direct exchange geothermal bore hole drilling by
				passing a written examination conducted pursuant to sections 21a-7(a)(1) and
				21a-8(a)(5) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 25 - Water Resources, Flood and Erosion Control › 129 - Well Casing Extension › Section 25-129-11 - Driller trainee

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Driller
			 trainees may perform the work for which they are being trained, but only in the
			 presence and under the supervision of a properly registered contractor driller.
			 Nothing in chapter 482 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall be construed
			 to prohibit the employment of one driller trainee by a registered contractor
			 and an additional driller trainee or apprentice for each person employed by a
			 contractor who holds a drilling registration for such work.
(b) Driller trainees, under the supervision
			 of a registered contractor or the holder of a driller registration, may do
			 minimal cleaning work not in the presence of such supervising contractor or
			 driller.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 16 - Public Use of State Facilities and Waters › Section 26-16-1 - Prohibited activities in access areas

Current through July 10, 2024
At any boating access area which is under the control of the
				Department of Environmental Protection and is intended to provide public
				access, or parking related to such access to streams, lakes, ponds or tidal
				waters, including Long Island Sound, the following regulations shall
				apply:
(a) No person shall discard any
			 fish or portion thereof.
(b) No
			 person shall dispose of any litter, as defined in Section
			 22a-248
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, except into a receptacle provided for such
			 purpose, and no person shall dispose at such facility of any litter not
			 generated at such access area.
(c)
			 No person shall wash or clean any vehicle except a boat trailer. A vessel or
			 boat trailer may be cleaned only with plain water. No person shall use any
			 detergent or chemical agent to clean a vessel or boat trailer.
(d) No person shall park a vehicle except in
			 an area designated by the Commissioner for parking.
(e) No person shall kindle a fire.
(f) No person shall engage in
			 camping.
(g) No person shall engage
			 in disorderly conduct.
(h) No
			 person shall damage any building, equipment, poster or vegetation.
(i) No person shall use any such facility for
			 purposes other than:
(1) fishing, where
			 permitted;
(2) parking where
			 permitted for the purpose of fishing, boating, hunting, or observing
			 wildlife;
(3) launching of boats
			 or;
(4) The observation of wildlife
			 from constructed observation decks.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 16 - Public Use of State Facilities and Waters › Section 26-16-2 - Limitations of public use of state controlled field trial and dog training areas

Current through July 10, 2024
The public use of state-owned and state-controlled dog training
				and field trial areas administered by the Department of Environmental
				Protection shall conform with the following regulations:
(a) The area shall be closed for all purposes
			 from one-half hour after sunset to one-half hour before sunrise.
(b) There shall be no other use of the area
			 while an authorized field dog trial is being conducted.
(c) Running and training of dogs is
			 restricted to the areas so posted.
(d) Discarding of trash is
			 prohibited.
(e) Garbage, trash and
			 other materials shall not be brought to the area for disposal.
(f) Vehicles shall be parked only in
			 authorized locations.
(g) The
			 maximum speed of any vehicle shall not exceed 20 miles per hour.
(h) Kindling or open fires is
			 prohibited.
(i) Camping is
			 prohibited, except with written authorization from the department of
			 environmental protection.
(j)
			 Gambling in any form, disorderly conduct, intoxication, obscene or indecent
			 behavior is prohibited.
(k)
			 Damaging any building, fence, facility, poster, tree or shrub is
			 prohibited.
(l) No notice, poster
			 or sign shall be erected or placed without written permission of the department
			 of environmental protection.
(m)
			 Horses shall be kept off the oil-treated portion of any roadway.
(n) Only artificially propagated gamebirds
			 (pheasants, chukar partridge, quail, ducks), and pigeons of either sex may be
			 liberated. Special permits for other birds or animals must be obtained from the
			 department of environmental protection.
(o) All birds liberated shall be full winged
			 and capable of maintaining normal flight and shall be in a condition suitable
			 to maintain themselves in the wild.
(p) No birds or animals are to be shot except
			 during the open season; use of blank cartridges will be permitted. This
			 restriction shall not apply to field trials held at Nod Brook management area,
			 Dr. John E. Flaherty Field Trial Area or Mansfield Hollow Dam which are
			 sanctioned by AKC, CASDFTA, or NAVHDA.
(q) Upon the completion of a field trial, no
			 dogs shall be allowed to run free on the area until the morning of the
			 following day.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 16 - Public Use of State Facilities and Waters › Section 26-16-3a - Limitations of Public Use of State Controlled Wildlife Management Areas

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Target shooting is prohibited on any
			 wildlife management area unless so designated by the Department.
(b) All-terrain vehicles, motorcycles,
			 snowmobiles, and all other motorized vehicles shall be prohibited on any
			 wildlife management area unless so designated by the Department.
(c) Horses and other riding animals shall be
			 prohibited on any wildlife management area posted against such
			 activities.
(d) Except as provided
			 in Section
			 26-16-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, camping is prohibited on any
			 state controlled Wildlife Management Area, except on the Sessions Woods
			 Wildlife Management Area where camping, conducted in conjunction with an
			 educational program approved by the commissioner, shall be permitted only if
			 authorized in writing by the commissioner.
(e) Wildlife Management Areas shall be closed
			 to the public from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before
			 sunrise except for hunting, fishing or other activities authorized by the
			 Department.
(f) Dogs must be on a
			 leash no longer than seven (7) feet and under the control of their owner or
			 keeper. The person responsible for the dog, must hold the leash at all times.
			 The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to the proper use of dogs
			 while in the act of hunting or the training of dogs for the specific purpose of
			 hunting, however all dogs may be prohibited on any area or during any time
			 period when so posted by the Department.
(g) In Wildlife Management Areas, the use of
			 bicycles shall be prohibited on any trail, road, path or other area posted
			 against such activity.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 27b - Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp › Section 26-27b-1 - Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The requirement
			 for possession of a Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp while hunting
			 or taking waterfowl shall be in addition to the requirement for possession of a
			 Connecticut small game hunting license and any other permit or stamp required
			 by Connecticut or federal law. The stamp shall not be transferable.
(b) The price of the Connecticut Migratory
			 Bird Conservation Stamp shall be no more than thirteen dollars. Such stamps
			 shall be issued annually beginning on January first and shall be valid for the
			 calendar year of issuance, expiring on December 31 of said year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 31 - Instructions in Trapping, Hunting and Archery › Section 26-31-1 - Trapper certification course fee

Current through July 10, 2024
No person or organization shall be authorized to charge a fee
				for a trapper certification course without the commissioner's approval. In the
				event of such approval, the fee for such a course shall not exceed $3.00 per
				participant.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 40d - Sport Fishing in the Inland District › Section 26-40d-1 - Taking, transfer and possession of threatened or endangered fish species

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 Commissioner may issue permits for the taking, as defined in section
			 26-304 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes, or delivery of any species determined to be
			 threatened or endangered as listed in sections
			 26-306-4
			 and
			 26-306-5
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, for scientific, educational,
			 biological or zoological purposes and for purposes of propagation for
			 conservation of the species as defined in section
			 26-304 of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) A permit issued by the Commissioner
			 pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be issued for a term
			 established by the Commissioner and shall not be transferable.
(c) The Commissioner may renew a permit
			 issued by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section upon
			 receipt of a request for renewal on or before 30 calendar days preceding
			 expiration of such permit.
(d) The
			 Commissioner may determine the species, life stages, number of specimens, the
			 area, method and period of taking, location and manner of display, confinement,
			 storage, or propagation of specimens, and location, timing and method of
			 disposition of any or all specimens under any permit issued by the Commissioner
			 pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(e) Each permittee shall report annually to
			 the Commissioner on or before January thirty-first, information on the current
			 status of specimens, disposition of specimens and any other information as may
			 be required under a permit issued by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection
			 (a) of this section.
(f) Each
			 permittee shall submit a final report including results of scientific studies,
			 disposition of specimens and any other information as may be required under a
			 permit issued by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section on
			 or before thirty days following expiration of a permit issued by the
			 Commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 42 - Raw Fur Dealers › Section 26-42-1 - Receipt of raw furs by fur dealers

Current through July 10, 2024
No fur dealer licensed under Section
				26-42
				of the General Statutes, as amended, may accept, receive, buy or sell any raw
				fur of any beaver, bobcat, wild mink, river otter, red fox, gray fox, or coyote
				which has not been tagged by Department representatives. For the purposes of
				this section, raw fur means a pelt which has not been tanned, mounted, or
				processed in any way.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 47 - Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators › Section 26-47-1 - Licensed nuisance wildlife control operators

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No
			 person shall obtain a nuisance wildlife control operator license without first
			 presenting evidence of having obtained the appropriate certificate of
			 competency issued by the Department.
(b) Nuisance wildlife control operators shall
			 submit to the commissioner a nuisance wildlife control operator report between
			 December 1 and December 31 of the current licensing year. Submission of such
			 report shall be a condition for license renewal. Such report shall include the
			 number, species, date, and location of animals captured, killed, or relocated
			 and other information which the commissioner may deem necessary. Any licensee
			 shall permit, at any reasonable time, any Department official to examine and
			 inspect such records.
(c) Nuisance
			 wildlife control operators shall outline to the persons seeking services the
			 control methods to be used to relieve the nuisance problem and or to alleviate
			 damage to livestock, crops, or property caused by wildlife.
(d) Nuisance wildlife control operators may
			 use cage traps, box traps, padded leg-hold traps in the burrow of a wild
			 animal, other nonlethal methods, or shooting to alleviate nuisance situations
			 caused by the following species: striped skunks (Mephitis mephitis), weasels
			 (Mustela sp.), raccoons (Procyon lotor), opossums (Didelphis virginiana),
			 woodchucks (Marmota monax), chipmunks (Tamias striatus), porcupines (Erethizon
			 dorsatum), gray squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis), red squirrels (Tamiasciurus
			 hudsonicus), cottontail rabbits (Sylvilagus sp.), snowshoe hare (Lepus
			 americanus), European Hare (Lepus europaeus), starlings (Sturnus vulgaris),
			 house sparrows (Passer domesticus), pigeons (Columba livia), bats, moles,
			 snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina), or snakes except timber rattlesnake
			 (Crotalus horridus) and black rat snake (Elaphe O. Obsoleta). The use of high
			 velocity air guns or firearms under this section shall be subject to all state
			 and municipal restrictions.
(e) No
			 species, other than those listed in 26-47-1 (d), may be trapped or killed by a
			 nuisance wildlife control operator without said operator first obtaining a
			 special permit from the Department. Such permit shall establish the methods and
			 procedures which may be used to alleviate the nuisance condition.
(f) The Department, upon receiving three or
			 more complaints from persons seeking assistance regarding unsatisfactory or
			 unethical performance by a licensed nuisance wildlife control operator, may
			 suspend the license of such operator for a period as determined by the
			 commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48 - Private Shooting Preserves › Section 26-48-1 - Permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person or organization who owns or controls by lease or
				agreement the hunting rights on an area may apply for a regulated private
				shooting preserve permit. When the hunting rights are under lease or agreement,
				a true copy of such lease or agreement shall be filed with the department
				before the first permit is issued. Copies of any subsequent leases or
				agreements that add to the area shall be filed with the department and any
				lease or agreement that is cancelled shall be reported to the
				department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48 - Private Shooting Preserves › Section 26-48-2 - Area

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No permit shall be issued for an area of
			 less than two hundred contiguous acres.
(b) The area shall be suitable for the purpose, and such use shall
			 not endanger public safety or conflict with any reasonable prior public
			 interest.
(c) The external
			 boundaries of the area included in the permit shall be described in the
			 original application and shown on a map that shall accompany the original
			 application. Any subsequent changes in the area shall be shown on a map filed
			 with the department.
(d) The
			 external boundaries of the area included in the permit shall be adequately
			 posted by the permittee at intervals of not more than five hundred feet with
			 conspicuous signs of a size not less than 11? x 16?. These signs shall include
			 thereon the name of the person or organization holding the permit and the words
			 "Private Shooting Area-Authorized under the regulation of the department of
			 environmental protection.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48 - Private Shooting Preserves › Section 26-48-5a - Limitation on taking

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Permits issued
			 by the department shall authorize the hunting of legally propagated pheasants,
			 quail, chukar partridge and/or ducks, without regard to sex or daily and
			 seasonal bag limits during the period specified in Section
			 26-48-3a.
(b) The number of pheasants, quail, chukar
			 partridge and/or ducks harvested on the area included in the permit shall not
			 exceed the total number of each species liberated by the permittee.
(c) The hunting of all other wildlife species
			 not authorized under the permit shall be in accordance with state-wide
			 regulations governing the season, and daily and season bag limits for each
			 particular species.
(d) Repealed
			 June 11, 2014.
(e) Repealed June
			 11, 2014.
Publisher's note:
				  Public
				  Act 14-187 repealed subsections (d) and (e),
				  effective June 11, 2014. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48 - Private Shooting Preserves › Section 26-48-6 - Sunday hunting

Current through July 10, 2024
Sunday shall be included as a day when hunting is permitted
				only if the permittee has obtained permission to hunt on Sunday on the area in
				conformance with section
				26-73
				of the general statutes. Any permittee who obtains permission to hunt on Sunday
				shall file with the department a true copy of such permission. When permission
				to hunt on Sunday has been revoked, the permittee shall inform the department
				of this fact within forty-eight hours.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48 - Private Shooting Preserves › Section 26-48-7 - Identification and Records of Game Shot

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
(1) All pheasants, quail, chukar partridge
			 and/or ducks shot on the property included in the permit and recovered shall be
			 identified with a tag furnished at no cost by the Department of Energy and
			 Environmental Protection upon which the permittee shall have written their name
			 and the date of taking. The department shall furnish said tags to any such
			 permittee electronically through the department's website and in the applicable
			 annual Connecticut Hunting and Trapping Guide.
(2) A separate record shall be kept of all
			 birds killed and recovered that are dressed and frozen and held on
			 property.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48 - Private Shooting Preserves › Section 26-48-8 - Condition of game

Current through July 10, 2024
All pheasants, quail, chukar partridge and/or ducks liberated
				on the area shall be healthy and free from disease, full winged and capable of
				maintaining reasonable flight according to age, in a condition suitable for
				release, capable of maintaining themselves in the wild and, with the exception
				of Cortuniz quail, shall not be less than twelve weeks of
				age.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48 - Private Shooting Preserves › Section 26-48-10 - Revocation of permits

Current through July 10, 2024
Permits to operate are subject to revocation at any time for a
				violation of any provision of chapter 490 of the general statutes, or for a
				violation of any regulation made by the department pertaining to regulated
				private shooting preserves.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48 - Private Shooting Preserves › Section 26-48-11 - Liberation of legally propagated game birds

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon written request from the permittee, the department may
				grant permission authorizing the liberation and subsequent shooting of legally
				propagated game birds, in addition to pheasants, quail, chukar partridge and/or
				ducks, on the area and during the period covered by the permit in effect at the
				time of such application. The required liberation and the number of birds
				authorized to be shot will be determined by the department for each specific
				request. All birds liberated and shot under such authorization shall be subject
				to sections
				26-48-5,
				26-48-7(a)
				(1), (2), 26-48-7 (b) and 26-48-8.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48a - Hunting and Trapping › Section 26-48a-1 - Pheasant season, bag limits, tags, use and reporting

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
(1) The open season for taking pheasant shall
			 be from the third Saturday in October through the last day in
			 February.
(2) The second Saturday
			 in October shall be designated as junior pheasant hunting training day. On this
			 day, only hunters having a valid Connecticut junior firearms hunting license
			 and pheasant harvest stamp may hunt. The accompanying adult mentor shall have
			 in his/her possession a valid Connecticut hunting license. The adult mentor
			 shall not carry a firearm.
(3) The
			 daily bag limit shall not exceed two pheasants and the season bag limit shall
			 not exceed ten pheasants, except as provided in subsection (f) of this
			 section.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48a - Hunting and Trapping › Section 26-48a-3 - Migratory Bird Harvest Permit

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person
			 required to be licensed under section
			 26-27
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes as amended shall hunt, possess or transport
			 any migratory game bird, other than a crow, without also possessing a Migratory
			 Bird Harvest Permit ("Permit") issued by the Commissioner.
(b) The permit is valid for a calendar year,
			 and expires December 31.
(c) The
			 permittee shall carry the permit at all times when hunting.
(d) A permit may be purchased from any
			 licensing agent for four dollars.
(e) Any person purchasing a permit shall
			 possess a current hunting license issued per Section
			 26-27
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and provide his or her name, date of birth,
			 current mailing address and complete a questionnaire regarding his or her
			 hunting and harvest of migratory birds.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 48a - Hunting and Trapping › Section 26-48a-4 - Trout and salmon stamp

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person
			 required to obtain a license to sport fish under the provisions of section
			 26-27
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes shall fish in any Trout Management Area, as
			 provided in section
			 26-112-46(c)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, any Wild Trout Management
			 Area, as provided in section
			 26-112-46(g)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, any Trout Park, as provided
			 in section
			 26-112-46(i)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or any Atlantic Salmon
			 Broodstock Area, as provided in section
			 26-112-46(h)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, without first obtaining a
			 trout and salmon stamp.
(b) Except
			 as provided in subsection (c) of this subsection, no person required to obtain
			 a license to sport fish under the provisions of section
			 26-27
			 or section
			 26-28b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, shall possess on the waters of the inland
			 district or the marine district, or on the shores of such waters, Atlantic
			 Salmon, trout or kokanee without first obtaining a trout and salmon
			 stamp.
(c) No trout and salmon
			 stamp shall be required for any person possessing trout in the waters or on the
			 shores of any stream or pond the waters of which have been stocked with trout
			 at no expense to the state.
(d)
			 Trout and salmon stamps shall be issued for a calendar year, and shall expire
			 December thirty-first next following the date of issue and shall not be
			 transferable. The fee for a trout and salmon stamp shall be five
			 dollars.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 49 - Hunting Dogs › Section 26-49-2 - Hunting Dog Training Areas

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The size of the
			 area where dog training is permitted shall be not more than 300 acres; however,
			 the area where the shooting of birds will be permitted in connection with dog
			 training shall be not less than five acres nor more than ten acres in size and
			 shall be in a single block.
(b) The
			 external boundaries of the dog training area shall be conspicuously posted and
			 the area where the shooting of birds is permitted in connection with dog
			 training shall be adequately posted by the permittee at intervals of not more
			 than 100 feet with conspicuous signs of a size not less than 11" X 16". These
			 signs shall include the name of the permittee and the words "Regulated Dog
			 Training Area ... Authorized under regulations of the Department of Energy and
			 Environmental Protection."
(c) The
			 area where the shooting of birds is permitted in connection with dog training
			 shall be in a location that does not conflict with any reasonable prior public
			 interest, shall be suitable for the purpose, where the discharge of firearms
			 will not endanger public safety, and shall be on or in close proximity to the
			 private shooting preserve, game farm or commercial kennel of the
			 permittee.
(d) Only artificially
			 propagated pheasant, chukar partridge, quail, ducks and pigeons of either sex
			 may be liberated and shot.
(e) All
			 birds liberated shall be full-winged and capable of maintaining normal flight
			 and shall be in a condition suitable to maintain themselves in the
			 wild.
(f) No game bird or pigeon
			 shall be permanently confined on the area where shooting is permitted in
			 connection with the training of dogs by use of any device.
(g) All birds after they are shot in
			 connection with dog training, shall be identified with a tag furnished at no
			 cost by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection upon which the
			 permittee shall have written their name and the date of taking. The department
			 shall furnish said tags to any such permittee electronically through the
			 department's website and in the applicable annual Connecticut Hunting and
			 Trapping Guide.
(h) The permittee
			 shall keep accurate written daily records which shall be open to inspection by
			 any duly authorized representative of the department at any reasonable time.
			 These records shall include:
(1) The name of
			 each person hunting on the area, the day the person was hunting and amount of
			 game, pheasant, quail, chukar partridge and ducks taken each day.
(2) The number of all pheasants, quail,
			 chukar partridge, and ducks liberated on the area included in the permit,
			 together with the dates when such birds were liberated. Not later than thirty
			 days following the period for which the permit was issued, the permittee shall
			 submit to the department, a true copy of his records on forms provided by the
			 department.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 51 - Dog Training, Non-Shooting Field Dog Trials › Section 26-51-2 - Field dog trials at which birds or quadrupeds are not shot

Current through July 10, 2024
Field dog trials at which birds or quadrupeds are not shot are
				subject to the following:
(a) Due care
			 shall be exercised to avoid injury to any protected wildlife.
(b) If firearms are used, blank cartridges
			 only shall be discharged.
(c)
			 Trials shall be run only during daylight hours except that when permission of
			 the landowner is obtained, non-shooting raccoon trials may be held at
			 night.
(d) Only dogs duly entered
			 and under judgment shall be permitted to run free on the area during the
			 trial.
(e) Upon the completion of
			 the trial, no dogs shall be allowed to run free on the area until the morning
			 of the following day.
(f) Only
			 birds in excellent physical condition shall be used for any bird dog or
			 retriever trial. Birds with clipped wings or otherwise mutilated, shall not be
			 used.
(g) Field dog trials shall be
			 held on lands suitable for the purpose and approved by the
			 commissioner.
(h) Beagle hound
			 trials are permitted only between the dates of September first to May
			 thirty-first, both dates inclusive.
(i) A report on the trial on a form furnished
			 by the commissioner must be submitted to the commissioner by the agent of the
			 commissioner within one week of the end of the trial.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 52 - Shooting Field Dog Trials › Section 26-52-1 - Permits for Shooting Birds Liberated at Field Dog Trials

Current through July 10, 2024
The commissioner will issue permits for field dog trials at
				which birds may be shot subject to the following regulations:
(a) Birds may be shot at all field dog
			 training trials, and other trials which are licensed or sanctioned by the AKC,
			 CASDFTA or NAVHDA.
(b) Field dog
			 trials at which birds may be shot may be held during daylight hours, any time,
			 including Sunday.
(c) The location
			 where such field dog trial is held shall be suitable for that purpose and such
			 trial shall not endanger the public safety. State-owned lands approved for
			 shooting field dog trials are the Nod Brook Management Area, Dr. John E.
			 Flaherty Field Trial Area, Mansfield Hollow Dam, and Sugarbrook Field Trial
			 Area.
(d) Only pheasant, quail,
			 chukar partridge, ducks and pigeons of either sex shall be liberated and shot
			 at field dog trials.
(e) A minimum
			 of five of any of the following species, pheasant, quail, chukar partridge,
			 ducks or pigeons shall be liberated at each field dog trial.
(f) All pheasants, quail, chukar partridge,
			 ducks or pigeons liberated at field dog trials for the purpose of their being
			 shot shall have complete wing feathers, shall be capable of maintaining normal
			 flight and shall not be confined to the field trial area by use of any
			 device.
(g) No pheasant, quail,
			 chukar partridge, or duck shall be liberated unless it was obtained from the
			 same source of supply as that stated in the permit, except with the permission
			 of the commissioner.
(h) All
			 pheasant, quail, chukar partridge or ducks shot shall be identified with a tag
			 furnished at no cost by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
			 upon which the permittee shall have written their name and the date of taking.
			 The department shall furnish said tags to any such permittee electronically
			 through the department's website and in the applicable annual Connecticut
			 Hunting and Trapping Guide.
(i) A
			 report on the trial, on a form furnished by the commissioner, must be submitted
			 to the commissioner by the agent of the commissioner within one week of the end
			 of the trial.
(j) Birds escaping
			 from the trial course shall not be hunted further by trial participants or
			 spectators on the same day as the trial. Shooting by trial participants off the
			 bird field area as designated by the Department of Energy and Environmental
			 Protection is prohibited.
(k) A
			 permit to hold a field dog trial at which birds may be shot shall cost thirty
			 five dollars ($35.00) if held at the Nod Brook Management Area, Dr. John E.
			 Flaherty Field Trial Area or Mansfield Hollow Dam and sanctioned by the AKC,
			 CASDFTA or NAVHDA, and eighteen dollars ($18.00) if held on private
			 lands.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 54 - Wildlife Pen Specifications › Section 26-54-1 - Wildlife pen specifications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any bird or
			 quadruped possessed under the provisions of section
			 26-54
			 or
			 26-55
			 of the General Statutes shall be cared for and held in pens conforming to
			 specifications established by the department of environmental
			 protection.
(b) Raccoons possessed
			 under the provisions of section
			 26-54
			 or
			 26-55
			 of the General Statutes shall be held in pens conforming to specifications
			 established by the department of environmental protection. Permits shall not be
			 granted to individuals not meeting the required minimum pen
			 specifications.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 55 - Importation of Fish, Birds and Quadrupeds › Reptiles and Amphibians › Section 26-55-3 - Possession of Salamanders and Turtles

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
				possess in excess of three (3) Spotted Salamanders, (Ambystoma maculatum), at
				any time.
(b) No person shall
				possess in excess of three (3) Marbled Salamanders, (Ambystoma opacum), at any
				time.
(c) Repealed June 11,
				2014.
(d) Repealed June 11,
				2014.
(e) Repealed June 11,
				2014.
(f) Repealed June 11,
				2014.
(g) No person shall possess
				in excess of ten (10) adult Common Snapping Turtles, (Chelydra serpentina), at
				any time. This restriction shall not apply to turtles that can be documented as
				being bred in captivity and legally obtained.
(h) No person shall possess in excess of one
				(1) Spotted Turtle, (Clemmys guttata), at any time.
Publisher's note:
					 Public
					 Act 14-187 repealed subsections (c) through (f),
					 inclusive, effective June 11, 2014. (June 11,
					 2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 55 - Importation of Fish, Birds and Quadrupeds › Importation and Possession of Deer, Moose, and Elk Carcasses and Parts › Section 26-55-4 - Importation and possession of deer, moose, and elk carcasses and parts

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall import or possess whole
				carcasses or parts thereof of any deer, moose, or elk from wild or captive
				herds from other states or Canadian Provinces where chronic wasting disease has
				been confirmed, including, but not limited to, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, New
				Mexico, Montana, South Dakota, Kansas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois,
				Nebraska, Oklahoma, New York, West Virginia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Any
				additional states and provinces where chronic wasting disease is confirmed will
				be published in the Department's annual Hunting and Trapping Guide and on the
				Department's Web site. This provision shall not apply to meat that is de-boned,
				cleaned skullcaps, hides or taxidermy mounts.
(b) No person shall possess or use for the
				purposes of taking or attempting to take or attract deer, or for surveillance
				or scouting of deer, any product that contains or purports to contain deer
				urine.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 55 - Importation of Fish, Birds and Quadrupeds › Importation and Possession of Deer, Moose, and Elk Carcasses and Parts › Section 26-55-5 - Possession of nuisance aquatic invertebrates

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
				importation, introduction into the state, possession or liberation therein of
				live specimens or eggs of the following species, genera or families of aquatic
				invertebrates is prohibited, except that, when it is in the public interest,
				permits for the importation or possession of specimens may be issued, at the
				discretion of the Commissioner, for control, eradication, research or
				educational purposes:
(1) quagga mussel,
				including veligers (
Dreissena bugensis
);
(2) zebra mussel, including veligers
				(
Dreissena polymorpha
);
(3) Chinese mitten crab, (
Eriocheir
				sinensis
);
(4) New Zealand
				mud snail (
Potamopyrgus antipodarum
);
(5) any species of aquatic invertebrate whose
				importation into the United States is prohibited; and
(6) any species of aquatic invertebrate
				designated rare, threatened or endangered.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 55 - Importation of Fish, Birds and Quadrupeds › Importation, Possession or Liberation of Wild Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians and Invertebrates › Section 26-55-7 - Importation, transportation or liberation of butterflies

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
				No person, firm or corporation shall import into this state, transport for the
				purpose of liberation within this state or liberate butterflies, in any life
				stage.
(b) The commissioner shall
				exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of this section organizations or
				institutions such as municipal parks, zoos, laboratories and research
				facilities maintained by scientific or educational institutions, museums,
				public nonprofit aquaria or nature centers, as defined in section
				26-55-6
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, except that the butterflies,
				in any life stage shall not be liberated to nor have access to the outside
				environment and provided:
(1) Any
				butterflies, in any life stage originating outside of Connecticut shall be
				permitted by the United States Department of Agriculture, and be in compliance
				with all other state or federal laws.
(2) The commissioner may inspect butterflies,
				in any life stage, being brought into the state and may order that butterflies,
				in any life stage, suspected of carrying diseases, pathogens or parasites
				capable of inducing any disease, be disposed of, at the expense of the person,
				firm, or corporation possessing them.
(3) The transporter of butterflies, in any
				life stage, shall be in possession of a copy of any applicable United States
				Department of Agriculture's permit covering such butterflies and any applicable
				butterfly health certification. Any box, package or container holding live
				butterflies, in any life stage, transported by a common carrier and destined
				for delivery in this state shall have attached thereto and in plain view a copy
				of the permit covering such importation and any applicable butterfly health
				certification.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 57 - Hunting and Transportation of Wildlife › Section 26-57-2 - Permits for the transportation and disposal of vehicle killed deer, moose or black bear

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall transport a deer, moose
			 or black bear killed or seriously wounded as the result of a collision with a
			 motor vehicle without a wildlife transportation permit.
(b) For the purposes of subsection (a) of
			 this section, a wildlife transportation permit shall be defined as the Wildlife
			 Kill Incident Report (WKIR) form (EPW-8), as prescribed by the commissioner and
			 issued by a municipal or state law enforcement officer, or a WKIR confirmation
			 number generated by the Wildlife Kill Incident Report electronic reporting
			 system.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 59 - Permits for Tanning, Curing, or Mounting Wild Birds and Wild Quadrupeds › Section 26-59-1 - Permits for tanning, curing or mounting wild birds and wild quadrupeds

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No permit shall be required for the
			 tanning, curing or mounting of game birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles or
			 amphibians legally acquired during the open season for taking such animals or
			 for such animals when legally acquired and legally possessed under the
			 provisions of the general statutes, and no permit shall be required for the
			 tanning, curing or mounting of unprotected birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or
			 amphibians.
(b) No species of wild
			 bird, wild quadruped, reptile or amphibian acquired other than specified in
			 this section shall be tanned, cured or mounted without first obtaining a permit
			 from the department of environmental protection.
(c) No individual shall be issued a permit
			 for tanning, curing or mounting any wildlife, or parts thereof, which has been
			 pursued, hunted, killed, captured or trapped contrary to any laws or
			 regulations, or obtained and possessed as a result of the accidental death of
			 such wildlife, except that a permit may be issued to any individual with the
			 conditions that the animal, or parts thereof, must be tanned, cured or mounted,
			 donated to, and immediately housed at an educational institution, museum,
			 zoological park or nature center specified on the permit, provided such
			 recipient is aware of such conditions and agrees to accept the specimen for
			 public educational purposes.
(d)
			 Any wildlife possessed contrary to the regulations or provisions of this
			 chapter shall become the property of the state, to be disposed of at the
			 discretion of the commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 59 - Permits for Tanning, Curing, or Mounting Wild Birds and Wild Quadrupeds › Section 26-59-2 - Receipt of raw furs by taxidermists

Current through July 10, 2024
Any person who is licensed as a taxidermist under section
				26-58 of
				the General Statutes and receives the untagged raw fur or carcass of any
				quadruped listed in section
				26-66-5(d)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies as amended, for the purpose of
				tanning, curing, or mounting shall immediately report the receipt of such raw
				fur or carcass by telephone to a location specified by the Commissioner. Upon
				receipt of such raw fur or carcass, it shall become the responsibility of the
				taxidermist to have the raw fur or carcass properly tagged, as required by
				section
				26-66-5(d),
				not later than the next regularly scheduled tagging session. In addition, the
				taxidermist shall keep a record of all transactions involving such untagged
				furs or carcasses, which shall include the date of each transaction, owner's
				name, species and method of take. Such records shall be open for inspection by
				department representatives at any reasonable time.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 66 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 26-66-1 - Behavior and Actions of Hunters

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The method of
			 taking wild birds and wild mammals by hunting shall be restricted to firearms,
			 high velocity air guns using a single ball or pellet type projectile, and
			 compound, long or recurved bow, or crossbow In designated areas, by special
			 permit, the commissioner may allow the use of modified versions of air guns or
			 archery implements to achieve wildlife management objectives. No arrow or
			 projectile which is coated with or contains any drugs, poison or known
			 tranquilizing substance may be used or possessed while engaged in archery
			 hunting.
(b) Any crossbow and bolt
			 combination to be used for hunting shall meet the following specifications:
(1) The draw weight of the crossbow shall be
			 not less than 125 pounds;
(2) The
			 crossbow shall have a permanent fixed rifle type stock, and a functional and/or
			 fully operational mechanical safety device;
(3) The bolt (arrow) length shall be not less
			 than eighteen inches, excluding the broadhead; and
(4) The broadhead shall have two or more
			 blades with a width not less than seven-eighths of an inch at the widest point.
			 In addition, any crossbow in a drawn and cocked position with a bolt loaded in
			 the crossbow shall be considered a loaded weapon.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 66 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 26-66-4 - Wild Fowl and Shore Birds

Current through July 10, 2024
The open season daily bag limit and possession limit for
				migratory game birds and the method of taking such game birds shall be the same
				as the open season, daily bag limit, possession limit and methods of taking
				fixed for such birds by the regulations of the United States Fish and Wildlife
				Service made under the provisions of an act of Congress relating to migratory
				birds, and as provided under the provisions of section 26-91 of the Connecticut
				General Statutes, except as provided in section
				26-66-1(c)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(a) No person, except the commissioner, may
			 construct or place any permanent blind or structure for hunting of waterfowl on
			 state-controlled lands or waters. Any such permanent blind or structure may be
			 removed or destroyed by the commissioner at any time.
(b) All waterfowl hunting on state-controlled
			 lands and waters of Great Island, Old Lyme and Ragged Rock Creek, Old Saybrook,
			 shall be from waterfowl hunting blinds only, except that cripples may be
			 recovered by shooting within the area open to hunting.
(c) Waterfowl hunting in the Niantic River in
			 the towns of Waterford and East Lyme is subject to the following regulations:
(1) Hunting is prohibited from shore or in
			 the intertidal area without the permission of the riparian property
			 owner;
(2) Hunting is prohibited in
			 the water areas northerly of an east and west line which touches the southern
			 tip of Sandy Point and includes Keeny Cove;
(3) Hunting from boats is permitted only
			 along the midline of the river;
(4)
			 Hunting is prohibited in Smith Cove and the channel entering Smith Cove in East
			 Lyme.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 66 - Hunting and Trapping › Section 26-66-5 - Trapping. General

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Furbearing
			 animals may be taken by deadfall, box trap, live trap, unpadded metal traps not
			 having a spread or opening greater than 5 3/4 inches or padded metal traps not
			 having a spread or opening greater than 5 15/16 inches, and smooth wire traps
			 not having an opening greater than 6 1/2 inches, and species specific traps.
			 For the purposes of this section, the following trap types shall have the
			 features listed:
(1) a species specific trap
			 shall have all of the following features:
(A)
			 a triggering mechanism and restraining mechanism enclosed by a
			 housing;
(B) when set, triggering
			 and restraining mechanisms accessible only via a single opening;
(C) an access opening measuring not greater
			 than 2 inches in diameter if round, or not greater than 2 inches diagonally if
			 rectangular in shape;
(D) a
			 triggering mechanism that can only be activated by a pulling force;
			 and
(E) a swivel mounted anchoring
			 mechanism.