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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 149 - Commercial Hatcheries › Section 26-149-1 - Commercial hatcheries reporting requirements

Current through July 10, 2024
Each owner or operator of a licensed commercial hatchery shall
				keep a complete record on forms furnished by the Commissioner of finfish,
				lobsters and blue crabs purchased from any source and brought into said
				hatchery. Each owner or operator of a licensed commercial hatchery shall keep a
				complete record of all sales of live finfish, live egg bearing lobsters, live
				sub-legal lobsters, live egg bearing blue crabs and live sub-legal blue crabs
				on forms furnished by the Commissioner. Such records shall be furnished to the
				Commissioner by January 31 of the year following the year covered by the
				report.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 149 - Commercial Hatcheries › Section 26-149-2 - Commercial hatcheries, removal of fish from premises

Current through July 10, 2024
Owners or operators of commercial finfish hatcheries, issued a
				license by the Department of Environmental Protection and their guests may
				remove any species of fish from the waters of such commercial hatcheries by any
				method, except by the use of chemicals or explosives. Fish taken from such
				hatcheries by the owner, operator or guests may be removed from the premises,
				possessed and transported at any season of the year without regard to legal
				lengths or daily creel limits, provided such fish or the package containing
				such fish, shall have attached thereto a tag or label showing the name and
				address of the owner of such hatchery, the number of the commercial fish
				hatchery license, the number and species of fish, the date such fish were
				removed from such hatchery and the name of the person removing such fish from
				such premises. The owner or operator of such hatchery shall not allow guests to
				remove live fish from the hatchery premises unless said guest is in possession
				of written authority from the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental
				Protection granted under the authority of Section
				26-55
				of the General Statutes to stock or introduce such species of fish in specified
				waters of the state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 149 - Commercial Hatcheries › Section 26-149-3 - Artificial fishing facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
Operators of artificial fishing facilities, as authorized under
				the provisions of Section
				26-149
				of the General Statutes, may permit guests to take from such artificial fishing
				facility by angling legally acquired species of trout, charr or salmon, without
				regard to season, legal lengths or daily creel limits. Such fish may be removed
				from the premises, possessed and transported by any such guest, provided such
				fish are dead and provided such fish or the package containing such fish, shall
				have attached thereto a tag or label showing the name and address of the
				operator of such artificial fishing facility, location of the enterprise with
				which it is associated, the number and species of fish, the date taken and the
				name and address of the person having possession of such
				fish.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 157c - Taking of Lobsters › Section 26-157c-1 - Taking lobsters - general

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions
As used in this section and section
				26-157c-2
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "ASMFC" means the Atlantic States Marine
			 Fisheries Commission, created under the terms of an interstate compact ratified
			 by the State of Connecticut (section 26-295 of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes) and approved by the U. S. Congress ( Public Law 539, Chapter 283,
			 Second Session, 77th Congress; 56 Stat. 267, approved May 4, 1942, as amended
			 by Public Law 721, 81st Congress, approved August 19, 1950).
(2) "American Lobster Fishery Management
			 Plan" or "FMP" means the plan and its amendments and addendums approved and
			 published by the ASMFC to manage the interstate lobster fishery.
(3) "Carapace length" means the length of a
			 lobster as measured along the length of the carapace (body shell) parallel to
			 the centerline from the rear end of the eye socket to the rear end of the
			 carapace.
(4) "LMA" means any
			 lobster management area as defined in the FMP.
(5) "LMA 6" means Lobster Management Area 6
			 as defined in the FMP.
(6) "LMA 6
			 maximum length" means a carapace length of 5-¼ inches.
(7) "LMA 6 minimum length" means a carapace
			 length of 3-3/8 inches.
(8) "LMA 6
			 v-notch" means a v-notch, with or without setal hairs, at least one-eighth inch
			 in depth.
(9) "Lobster" means
			 American lobster (Homarus americanus).
(10) "V-Notch" means a notch or indentation
			 in the flipper next to and to the right of the center flipper as viewed from
			 the dorsal surface with the tail oriented toward the observer. Such a mark is
			 applied to protect certain lobsters from harvest for conservation
			 purposes.
(11) "LMA 6 closed
			 season" means from September 8 through November 28 of each
			 year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 157c - Taking of Lobsters › Section 26-157c-2 - Taking lobsters-pots and traps

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All lobster
			 pots, traps and similar devices used for the taking of lobsters shall be
			 constructed so as to contain in the catch compartment (parlor) one of the
			 following:
(1) a horizontal, rectangular
			 escape vent with an unobstructed opening not less than 2 inches by 5-3/4
			 inches; or
(2) two circular escape
			 vents each with an unobstructed opening not less than 2-5/8 inches in diameter.
			 All lobster pots, traps or similar devices in use which do not contain such
			 escape vents may be seized by any authorized representative of the Department
			 of Energy and Environmental Protection and disposed of as determined by the
			 commissioner.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 157c - Taking of Lobsters › Section 26-157c-3 - Taking lobsters-otter trawls, beam trawls and similar devices

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In any waters of this state, on any
			 vessel having on board an otter trawl net, beam trawl net or similar device
			 capable of taking lobsters, there shall be a possession limit of 100 lobsters
			 per day or per trip, whichever is the longer period of time, except that with
			 respect to any vessel using methods other than pots and landing lobsters taken
			 outside the waters of this state, said limit shall be 100 lobsters per day
			 provided that, if a trip exceeds five days, such limit shall be 500 lobsters
			 per trip. Said limits shall apply to the aggregate of all persons on board such
			 vessel. For the purposes of this subsection, "day" shall be from 12:01 am until
			 midnight, and "trip" shall be from the time the vessel departs from shore to
			 begin fishing until the time that the vessel first returns to shore for the
			 purpose of landing the catch.
(b)
			 The transfer by any person of any lobster from any vessel having on board an
			 otter trawl, beam trawl or similar device to any other vessel is
			 prohibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Section 26-159a-1 - Sport and commercial restrictions for marine and anadromous species

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The minimum legal length for trout and
			 charr taken by angling in the marine district shall be fifteen inches. The
			 daily creel limit for trout or charr, or both, shall be two fish in the
			 aggregate. The taking of trout and charr in the marine district by commercial
			 fishing methods or by sport fishing methods other than angling is
			 prohibited.
(b) The taking of
			 Atlantic salmon in the marine district is prohibited and all Atlantic salmon
			 caught must be immediately returned without avoidable injury to the waters from
			 which taken.
(c) No person shall
			 take, possess, sell, exchange or offer for sale or exchange in Connecticut any
			 Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus) or shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser
			 brevirostrum). Any such sturgeon caught must be immediately returned, without
			 avoidable injury, to the waters from which it was taken.
(d) No person shall take from or possess any
			 rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) taken from, the marine district or those areas
			 of the inland district specified in section
			 26-142a-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Any such rainbow smelt caught
			 shall be immediately returned, without avoidable injury, to the waters from
			 which it was taken.
(e) No person
			 shall take from Connecticut waters, and no person shall possess, sell,
			 exchange, or offer for sale or exchange in Connecticut regardless of where it
			 was taken, any species of shark listed in this subsection or listed in 50 CFR
			 635, Subpart F Appendix A, Table 1 D - Prohibited Sharks. Any shark identified
			 in this subsection that is caught shall be immediately returned, without
			 avoidable injury, to the waters from which it was taken.
(1) Atlantic angel (Squatina
			 dumerili);
(2) Basking (Cetorhinus
			 maximus);
(3) Bigeye sand tiger
			 (Odontaspis noronhai);
(4) Bigeye
			 sixgill (Hexanchus vitulus);
(5)
			 Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus);
(6) Bignose (Carcharhinus altimus);
(7) Caribbean reef (Carcharhinus
			 perezi);
(8) Caribbean sharpnose
			 (Rhizoprionodon porosus);
(9) Dusky
			 (Carcharhinus obscurus);
(10)
			 Galapagos (Carcharhinus galapagensis);
(11) Longfin mako (Isurus paucus);
(12) Narrowtooth (Carcharhinus
			 brachyurus);
(13) Night
			 (Carcharhinus signatus);
(14) Sand
			 tiger (Odontaspis taurus);
(15)
			 Sevengill (Heptranchias perlo);
(16) Sixgill (Hexanchus griseus);
(17) Smalltail (Carcharhinus
			 porosus);
(18) Whale (Rhincodon
			 typus); and
(19) White (Carcharodon
			 carcharias).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial and Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Section 26-159a-2 - Striped bass (Morone saxatilis)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The minimum
				legal length and daily creel limit for striped bass shall be as specified in
				sections
				26-159a-4 and
				26-159a-7,
				respectively, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) No person shall sell, exchange, or offer
				for sale or exchange any striped bass taken from the waters of this state.
				Striped bass taken from the waters of a state in which commercial striped bass
				fishing is allowed may only be possessed for commercial purposes in Connecticut
				provided they meet the minimum length specified in section
				26-159a-4 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and each fish is affixed with that
				state's valid, current commercial striped bass tag.
(c) No person shall possess, sell, exchange,
				or offer for sale or exchange any striped bass, regardless where taken, less
				than the minimum length, except that artificially reared hybrid striped bass
				(one parent Morone saxatilis) which are less than the minimum length, may be
				possessed and sold under the following conditions:
(1) such fish, when offered for sale, shall
				be accompanied by documentation showing that such fish were propagated in a
				licensed commercial fish hatchery; and
(2) such documentation shall include the name
				and address of the owner of the hatchery of origin, the number and description
				of fish received in the current shipment, and the shipping date and date of
				receipt of the current shipment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial and Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Section 26-159a-4 - Minimum lengths

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person,
				while on the waters of this state or on any parcel of land, structure, or
				portion of a roadway abutting tidal waters of this state shall possess or land
				any fish of the following species taken by sport fishing methods, regardless of
				where taken, if it is less than the identified length as measured from the tip
				of the snout to the end of the tail:
(1) Scup
				(porgy) (Stenotomus chrysops): 10.5 inches, except that no person on a vessel
				operating under the authority of a party/charter vessel registration issued
				under section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes shall possess or land fish less than 11
				inches;
(2) Winter flounder
				(Pseudopleuronectes americanus): 12 inches;
(3) Summer flounder (fluke) (Paralichthys
				dentatus): 19.5 inches;
(4)
				Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): the length specified in
				50 CFR
				648.89;
(5) Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus): the
				length specified in
				50 CFR
				648.89;
(6) Yellowtail flounder (Limanda ferruginea):
				13 inches;
(7) Tautog (blackfish)
				(Tautoga onitis): 14 inches;
(8)
				Pollock (Pollachius virens): the length specified in
				50 CFR
				648.89;
(9) Weakfish (Cynoscion regalis): 16
				inches;
(10) Black sea bass
				(Centropristis striata): 12 inches;
(11) American eel (Anguilla rostrata): 6
				inches;
(12) White perch (Morone
				Americana): 7 inches; and
(13)
				Striped bass (Morone saxatilis): 28 inches.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial and Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Section 26-159a-5 - Vessel size

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
(1) No
				person shall use any vessel greater than forty four (44) feet in length for the
				purpose of towing any otter trawl, beam trawl or similar device in the waters
				of this state west of longitude 73° 00', except a person may use a vessel
				greater than forty four (44) feet in length for this purpose if that person
				used any vessel greater than forty four (44) feet in length for this purpose in
				the calendar year 1982. Use during calendar year 1982 shall be determined by
				inspection of the fishing records filed pursuant to section
				26-157b of the
				Connecticut General Statutes, and shall be demonstrated by fishing activities
				in Connecticut waters and/or the landing of catch at Connecticut ports. Size of
				vessel in use during calendar year 1982 shall be determined by inspection of
				the fishing license application or renewal filed pursuant to section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes or by inspection of vessel registration or
				documentation. Any person who meets the criteria for the use of a vessel
				greater than forty four (44) feet in length may use any vessel with a length
				equal to or less than that of the vessel for which the exception was
				determined.
(2) A person denied the
				use of any vessel under this subsection may apply in writing to the
				Commissioner for a variance. The Commissioner, at his discretion, may grant a
				variance provided:
(A) the applicant used any
				vessel for the purpose of towing any otter trawl, beam trawl or similar device
				in Connecticut waters during the calendar year 1982 and acquired a vessel
				larger than forty four (44) feet in length prior to December 31,
				1982;
(B) the applicant made a
				written commitment prior to December 31, 1982 to acquire or construct a vessel
				larger than forty four (44) feet in length for the purpose of towing any otter
				trawl, beam trawl or similar device in Connecticut waters; or
(C) the applicant is an ascendent, descendant
				or sibling of a person using, at the time of the application, a vessel larger
				than forty four (44) feet in length pursuant to this subsection, and the
				applicant is applying to use said vessel.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial and Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Section 26-159a-6 - Use of commercial fishing gear

Current through July 10, 2024
On any waters of Long Island Sound lying west of the Loran C
				  14935 line at Kimberly Reef, no person shall operate an otter trawl, beam trawl
				  or similar device from one hour after sunset to one hour before
				  sunrise.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial and Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Section 26-159a-7 - Creel limits

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Unless
				otherwise specified in section
				26-112-45 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the daily creel limit for
				species taken by sport fishing methods, including spears of any kind, shall be
				as set forth in this subsection. No person, other than a person authorized to
				take finfish under a license or registration issued pursuant to section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, while on the waters of this state or on
				any parcel of land, structure, or portion of a roadway abutting tidal waters of
				this state shall possess or land any of the following species, regardless of
				where taken, in excess of the identified number.
(1) Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): the creel
				limit shall be the number specified in
				50 CFR
				648.89;
(2) Black sea bass (Centropristis striata):
				25 fish;
(3) Summer flounder
				(fluke) (Paralichthys dentatus): 5 fish;
(4) American shad (Alosa sapidissima) and
				hickory shad (Alosa mediocris): 6 fish of both species in the
				aggregate;
(5) Scup (porgy)
				(Stenotomus chrysops): 10 fish, except that paying passengers on a vessel
				operating under the authority of a party/charter vessel registration issued
				under section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes may possess 45 fish per angler from
				September 1 to October 15, inclusive;
(6) American eel (Anguilla rostrata): 50
				fish;
(7) Winter flounder
				(Pseudopleuronectes americanus): 10 fish;
(8) Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix): 10
				fish;
(9) Alewives and river
				herring (Alosa pseudoharengus and Alosa aestivalis): 25 fish of both species in
				the aggregate;
(10) Tautog
				(blackfish) (Tautoga onitis): 4 fish from January 1 to April 30, 2 fish from
				July 1 to August 31, and 4 fish from October 1 to December 6, all dates
				inclusive;
(11) White perch (Morone
				mericana): 30 fish;
(12) Weakfish
				(Cynoscion regalis):6 fish; and
(13) Striped bass (Morone saxatilis): 2
				fish.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial and Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Section 26-159a-8 - Winter flounder

Current through July 10, 2024
The taking of winter flounder from the waters of this state
				  during the period March 1 through April 14, by holders of a license or
				  registration issued under authority of section
				  26-142a
				  of the Connecticut General Statutes concerning the taking of finfish for
				  commercial purposes is prohibited except as provided in section
				  26-142a-6(g).
				  No bottom trawl gear other than fly net gear defined in 26-142a-6(g) shall be
				  used during this period in the waters of this state.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial and Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Section 26-159a-9 - Bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person shall
				use any pair trawl or purse seine to capture or take any bluefish.
(b) No person shall use any roller rig gill
				net to surround any bluefish. For the purposes of this section, a roller rig
				gill net is defined as a gill net which is set or retrieved with the assistance
				of a mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic device.
(c)
Open Commercial Fishing
				Season.
The open commercial fishing season begins April 15th each year
				and ends December 31st or such sooner date as one hundred percent of the
				Connecticut quota of bluefish as set forth in subsection (e) of this section
				has been landed. No holder of a license or registration issued under section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes concerning the taking of finfish shall land
				bluefish in excess of the daily creel limit specified in section
				26-159a-7
				from January 1st to April 14th inclusive, or after one hundred percent of the
				Connecticut quota specified in subsection (e) of this section has been landed.
				Any such bluefish taken in accordance with a creel limit under the provisions
				of section
				26-159a-7
				shall not be used for commercial purposes.
(d)
Commercial Fishery Possession
				Limit
.
(1) No holder of any commercial
				fishing or landing license or registration permitted to take bluefish from the
				waters of this state or to land bluefish in Connecticut, regardless of where
				such fish are taken, shall possess bluefish in excess of the limits specified
				as follows:
(A) Five hundred pounds until a
				total of ninety-five percent of the Connecticut quota specified in subsection
				(e) of this section has been landed in Connecticut, at which time the limit
				shall be one hundred pounds until the Connecticut quota has been landed in
				Connecticut,
(B) On October first,
				if less than eighty percent of the Connecticut quota specified in subsection
				(e) of this section has been landed in Connecticut, the limit shall be one
				thousand pounds until a total of ninety-five percent of the Connecticut quota
				has been landed in Connecticut, at which time the limit shall be one hundred
				pounds.
(C) When 100 percent of the
				Connecticut quota is landed the possession limit shall be zero.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-10 - Summer flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions
.
(1) "Commissioner"
				means commissioner of Environmental Protection.
(2) "Department" means Department of
				Environmental Protection.
(3)
				"Qualifying fishing gear" means commercial hook, gill net, pound net, trawl
				net, scallop dredge or fish pot.
(4) "Qualifying landings" means summer
				flounder or scup landings made in Connecticut and taken by qualifying fishing
				gear as indicated in reports submitted under authority of section
				26-157b of the
				Connecticut General Statutes.
(5)
				"Qualifying period" means June 1, 1995 through May 31, 2003,
				inclusive.
(6) "1994 Summer
				Flounder License Endorsement Letter" means a summer flounder license
				endorsement letter for Connecticut waters issued by the commissioner which
				attests that the license holder:
(A) recorded
				finfish landings in Connecticut taken by commercial finfishing methods between
				January 1, 1985 and January 1, 1994 as indicated in reports submitted under
				authority of section
				26-157b of the
				Connecticut General Statutes, in commercial fishery landing records of the U.
				S. National Marine Fisheries Service, or in a notarized copy of a dealer or
				wholesaler receipt; or
(B)
				purchased, or was constructing or rerigging a commercial fishing vessel between
				January 26, 1990 and January 1, 1994 for purposes of fishing with commercial
				finfishing gear, to be based on written proof of such activity.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-12 - American goosefish (monkfish) (Lophius americanus)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
				The minimum length of whole monkfish shall be 17 inches in total length, the
				minimum length of monkfish tails shall be 11 inches measured from the third
				dorsal spine from the snout to the tip of the tail, and no person while on the
				waters of this state or on any parcel of land, structure or portion of a
				roadway abutting tidal waters, shall possess any monkfish tails or whole fish
				less than the minimum length.
(b)
				Any monkfish taken contrary to subsection (a) of this section shall, without
				avoidable injury, be returned immediately to the water from which
				taken.
(c) Possession of monkfish
				livers in excess of twenty-five percent of the weight of monkfish tails or ten
				percent of the weight of whole fish possessed shall be prohibited.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-13 - Tautog (Blackfish) (Tautoga onitis)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Closed
				Season.
No person engaged in commercial fishing shall take, bring
				ashore, or possess any tautog, wherever taken, from May 1 to June 14, September
				1 to October 14 and December 7 to December 31, all dates inclusive.
(b)
Commercial Fishery Possession
				Limit.
No holder of any commercial fishing or landing license or
				registration permitted to take tautog from the waters of this state or to land
				tautog in Connecticut, regardless of where such fish are taken, shall possess
				tautog in excess of the limits specified as follows:
(1) In the commercial trawl fishery, fifty
				(50) fish;
(2) In the commercial
				hook, fish pot, trap net, fyke net, or gill net fisheries, twenty-five (25)
				fish;
(3) In the pound net fishery,
				twelve (12) fish for each holder of a Connecticut Marine Pound net
				registration.
(4) In the lobster
				pot or lobster trap fishery, when in possession of lobsters, ten (10)
				fish.
(5) The possession limits
				specified in this subsection shall apply to the aggregate of all persons on
				board the vessel per trip or per day whichever is the longer period of time.
				Transfer of tautog between vessels at sea is prohibited.
(6) No person fishing under the provisions of
				subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of this subsection shall, during a fishing
				trip when using more than one gear type, possess any tautog in excess of the
				largest of the gear-specific limits they are authorized to possess and no such
				gear-specific trip limits shall be additive.
(7) Any tautog taken contrary to this section
				shall, without avoidable injury, be returned immediately to the water from
				which taken and no person fishing under the provisions of this section shall
				also, during the same trip, possess any tautog taken under section
				26-159a-7
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-15 - Scup (porgy) (Stenotomus chrysops)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
(1) "Commissioner"
				means Commissioner of Environmental Protection.
(2) "Department" means Department of
				Environmental Protection.
(3)
				"Qualifying fishing gear" means commercial hook, gill net, pound net, trawl
				net, scallop dredge or fish pot.
(4) "Qualifying landings" means summer
				flounder or scup landings made in Connecticut and taken by qualifying fishing
				gear as indicated in reports submitted under authority of section
				26-157b of the
				Connecticut General Statutes.
(5)
				"Qualifying period" means June 1, 1995 through May 31, 2003,
				inclusive.
(6) "1997 Scup License
				Endorsement Letter" means a Scup License Endorsement Letter for Connecticut
				waters issued by the commissioner which attests that the license holder:
(a) recorded scup landings in Connecticut
				taken by commercial finfishing methods between January 1, 1994 and December 31,
				1996 as indicated in reports submitted under authority of section
				26-157b of the
				Connecticut General Statutes, in commercial fishery landing records of the U.
				S. National Marine Fisheries Service, or in a notarized copy of a dealer or
				wholesaler receipt; or
(b)
				purchased, or was constructing or rerigging a commercial fishing vessel between
				January 1, 1995 and December 31, 1996 for purposes of fishing with commercial
				finfishing gear, to be based on written proof of such activity.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-16 - Black sea bass (Centropristis striata)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions
.
(1) "Commissioner"
				means Commissioner of Environmental Protection.
(2) "Department" means Department of
				Environmental Protection.
(3)
				"Qualifying fishing gear" means commercial hook, gill net, pound net, trawl
				net, scallop dredge or fish pot.
(4) "Qualifying landings" means finfish
				landings made in Connecticut and taken by qualifying fishing gear as indicated
				in reports submitted under authority of section
				26-157b of the
				Connecticut General Statutes.
(5)
				"Qualifying period" means January 1, 2000 through May 31, 2003,
				inclusive.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-17 - Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
As used in this section:
(1) "Commercial horseshoe crab hand-harvest
				license" means a license that authorizes the taking of horseshoe crabs by hand
				for sale or personal use issued under section 26-142a of the Connecticut
				General Statutes.
(2) "Commercial
				horseshoe crab landing license" means a license that authorizes the landing of
				horseshoe crabs for sale or personal use issued under section 26-142a of the
				Connecticut General Statutes.
(3)
				"Commercial horseshoe crab trawl license" means a license that authorizes the
				taking of horseshoe crabs by otter trawls, balloon trawl, beam trawl, scallop
				dredges or similar devices for commercial purposes issued under section 26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(4) A "Horseshoe Crab Hand-Harvest License
				Endorsement" means an annual license endorsement that is required to engage in
				the hand-harvest of horseshoe crabs and that is issued according to subsection
				(b) of this section.
(5)
				"Commercial horseshoe crab season" means the period beginning three days
				following the last full or new moon, whichever occurs later, in May and ending
				on July 7 of each year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-18 - Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Commercial Fishery Closure.
When 100% of an Atlantic herring
				management area annual quota specified by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries
				Commission's Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan is landed, no person
				engaged in commercial fishing shall land or possess any Atlantic herring from
				that area.
(b)
Long Island
				Sound Commercial Fishery Closure.
When 100% of the Management Area 2
				annual quota specified by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's
				Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan is landed, (1) no person engaged in
				commercial fishing shall take, land or possess Atlantic herring in Connecticut
				waters, or (2) transfer Atlantic herring to another vessel under the auspices
				of an Internal Waters Processing Agreement.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-19 - Spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthius)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No holder of a
				commercial fishing or landing license or registration permitted to take spiny
				dogfish from the waters of this state or to land spiny dogfish in this state,
				regardless of where such fish are taken, shall take, possess or land spiny
				dogfish in this state in excess of the following possession limits that are
				based on the coastwide spiny dogfish quota as specified in the Spiny Dogfish
				Fishery Management Plan of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission,
				herein referred to as the "Plan":
(1) Between
				May 1 and October 31, 600 pounds;
(2) Between November 1 and April 30, 600
				pounds.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-20 - Closed recreational fishing seasons

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) No person,
				while on the waters of this state or on any parcel of land, structure, or
				portion of a roadway abutting tidal waters of this state shall take, possess or
				land any of the following species taken by sport fishing methods, regardless of
				where taken, during the following periods.
(1)
				Scup (porgy) (Stenotomus chrysops): For persons on a vessel operating under the
				authority of a party/charter vessel registration issued under section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, October 16 to June 11, inclusive; for all
				other persons, September 27 to May 23, inclusive;
(2) Tautog (Tautoga onitis): May 1 to June
				30, September 1 to September 30, and December 7 to December 31, all dates
				inclusive;
(3) Summer flounder
				(fluke) (Paralichthys dentatus): September 2 to May 23, inclusive;
				and;
(4) Winter flounder
				(Pseudopleuronectes americanus): May 31 to March 31, inclusive.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-21 - Party and charter vessel fishing

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any fish taken
				during party or charter vessel fishing, if sold by the captain or crew under
				the provisions of section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes concerning party or charter vessel fishing,
				shall be landed in accordance with the provisions of all regulations adopted
				under the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies governing commercial
				fishing.
(b) No person on board a
				party or charter fishing vessel registered under section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes shall engage in any commercial fishing
				activities for which the person may otherwise be licensed under section
				26-142a
				of the Connecticut General Statutes during any trip on which said vessel is
				operated as a party or charter fishing vessel.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-22 - Compliance with interstate fishery management plans

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
				The Commissioner may, by declaration, establish and adjust closed seasons,
				length limits, creel limits, trip limits, and trip limit adjustment values in
				order to comply with interstate fishery management plans and emergency actions
				adopted by the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission or the U.S.
				Department of Commerce.
(b) The
				Commissioner shall inform the public of all such changes at least 10 days prior
				to the effective date by placing posters at state boat launch areas, by issuing
				news releases, by mailing notices to bait & tackle shops and by mailing
				notices to all affected license holders.
(c) Any declaration made under this section
				shall be for a period not more than 120 days provided, if notice of intent to
				amend regulations has been published under Chapter 54, such declaration shall
				remain in effect until said regulations have been adopted, but not longer than
				240 days.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-23 - Red drum

Current through July 10, 2024
No person shall possess any red drum taken by any sport
				  fishing or commercial fishing gear or for commercial purposes greater than 27
				  inches measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail and no person
				  shall buy, sell, offer for sale or possess in a place where fish are offered
				  for sale, any red drum greater than said length. Any red drum greater than said
				  legal length shall, without avoidable injury, be returned immediately to the
				  water from which taken.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-27 - Transfer of quotas

Current through July 10, 2024
Upon the request of a member state of the Atlantic States
				  Marine Fisheries Commission and subject to a determination by the Commissioner
				  that Connecticut will not be able to utilize its commercial quota for a
				  quota-managed species before the end of the state-specific quota period, the
				  Commissioner may transfer a portion of the Connecticut quota to the state
				  making the request.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-28 - Federal research set-asides for quota managed species

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
Federal Research Set-Aside, or "RSA", means that
				portion of the total allowable landings for certain fisheries that is
				designated as a research quota and that may be harvested and sold to fund
				research and compensate vessels under the Research Set-Aside Program
				administered by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
(b) No person fishing in federal waters under
				an RSA shall be required to hold the applicable Connecticut quota-managed
				species license endorsement letter issued under sections
				26-159a-10,
				26-159a-15
				or
				26-159a-16
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to possess or land said
				species or be prohibited from possessing or landing said species during a
				closed season or be constrained by a trip limit for said species other than
				that established by National Marine Fisheries Service for the RSA
				Program.
(c) No person shall take
				any species from Connecticut waters under an RSA during a closed season for
				such species or in excess of the possession limits for such species as
				specified in the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(d) No vessel shall possess in Connecticut
				waters a quota-managed species taken under an RSA or land in Connecticut a
				quota-managed species taken under an RSA unless:
(1) the operator of said vessel notifies the
				Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation Police at
				860-424-3503 prior to the vessel's departure and provides information that
				shall include, but not be limited to: the vessel's name; the vessel's federal
				permit number; the captain's name; the departure date and time; the estimated
				return date and time; the intended port of landing and the RSA species;
				and
(2) the operator of said vessel
				notifies the Department of Environmental Protection Environmental Conservation
				Police at 860-424-3503 not more than 24 hours after the completion of the trip
				and provides information that shall include, but not be limited to: the
				vessel's name; the vessel's federal permit number; the captain's name; the
				return date and time; the port of landing; the RSA species and the federal
				fishing vessel trip report serial number.
Acronyms
ASMFC - Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission
DEP - Connecticut Department of Environmental
				  Protection
FMP - Fisheries management plan
LCO - Legislative Commissioners' Office
LIS - Long Island Sound
LMA - Lobster management area
MAFMC - Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
NMFS - National Marine Fisheries Service
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 159a - Sport Fishing in the Marine District › Commercial Fishery Possession Limit › Section 26-159a-29 - Cooperative Multi-State Possession and Landing Program for Summer Flounder (Paralichthys dentatus)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions.
(1) "Multi-state
				possession limit" means the sum of the commercial summer flounder possession
				limit for Connecticut waters and the commercial summer flounder possession
				limits for cooperating states within which the program participant has
				privileges to land summer flounder.
(2) "Commissioner" has the same meaning as
				provided in section 22a-2(a) of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(3) "Cooperating states" means states other
				than Connecticut with which Connecticut shares either a water or land boundary
				that have enacted rules enabling commercial fishermen licensed by that state to
				participate in the program, and that have provided notice to the commissioner
				of intent to cooperatively participate in the program, including, but not
				limited to, New York and Rhode Island.
(4) "Department" means the Connecticut
				Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(5) "Land" has the same meaning as provided
				in section
				26-142a-16(3)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(6) "Possession limit" has the same meaning
				as provided in section
				26-142a-16(5)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(7) "Program" means the Cooperative
				Multi-State Possession and Landing Program allowing eligible program
				participants, in accordance with this section, to simultaneously carry summer
				flounder possession limits for, and land summer flounder in, cooperating states
				during the same fishing trip from January 1 through April 30,
				inclusive.
(8) "Program
				participant" means a commercial fisherman who upon application has been deemed
				eligible to participate in the program by the commissioner and is therefore
				granted the privileges afforded by the program.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 194 - Shellfish Grounds Leasing › Section 26-194-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in this section and section 26-194-2 of the Regulations
				of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1)
			 "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Agriculture;
(2) "Department" means the Department of
			 Agriculture; and
(3) "Shellstock
			 Shipper I license" means a commercial shellstock shipper I license issued
			 pursuant to section 26-192c of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 194 - Shellfish Grounds Leasing › Section 26-194-2 - Bidding Procedures for Shellfish Grounds Leases

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
			 The commissioner, in leasing shellfish grounds under the jurisdiction of the
			 department, shall solicit bids for all leases which are not otherwise subject
			 to preference, pursuant to section 26-194 of the Connecticut General Statutes,
			 in reletting.
(b) Bids shall be
			 made on a form that is supplied by the commissioner and approved by the
			 Attorney General, in accordance with section 26-194 of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes, and shall contain the following information:
(1) Name and address of the person or
			 organization seeking to lease the shellfish grounds;
(2) The annual lease fee the bidder proposes
			 to pay to lease the shellfish grounds, provided the bid amount shall be at
			 least the minimum fee of four dollars per acre;
(3) A certification that the bidder applies
			 for such shellfish grounds lease solely for the purpose of cultivating and
			 harvesting shellfish. Each bidder shall certify that the bid is not made for
			 the benefit of another, and that the bidder is the sole party in interest;
			 and
(4) A certification that the
			 bidder shall not interfere with any established rights of fishing.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 235 - Exclusive Recreational Clam Harvesting Areas › Section 26-235-1 - Recreation clamming areas (Repealed)

Current through July 10, 2024
For 2014 repeal, see
				  Sec.
				  54 of
				  Public
				  Act 14-187. (June 11,
				  2014)
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 306 - Endangered and Threatened Species, and Species of Special Concern › Section 26-306-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) For the purposes of sections 26-306-1
			 through
			 26-306-7
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental
				Protection.
"Extirpated" means to be extinct or not known to have occurred
				in Connecticut since 1980.
"Nonharvested wildlife" means any species of wildlife with
				respect to which taking is not allowed pursuant to chapter 490 of the General
				Statutes or regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Species Advisory Committee" means a committee of experts in
				biology appointed by the Commissioner to review and give advice to the
				Commissioner on proposed listings or delistings of endangered and threatened
				species, and species of special concern pursuant to sections
				26-306-3
				and
				26-306-7
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(b) For the purposes of sections 26-306-1
			 through
			 26-306-7
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following terms shall be
			 defined as they are defined in section
			 26-304 of
			 the General Statutes: Department, conserve and conservation, wildlife, plants,
			 native, species, endangered species, threatened species, species of special
			 concern, Endangered Species Act, take or taking, essential habitat, destruction
			 or adverse modification of essential habitat, threaten the continued existence,
			 and occurrence.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 306 - Endangered and Threatened Species, and Species of Special Concern › Section 26-306-2 - Procedure for determining whether any species is endangered, threatened or of special concern

Current through July 10, 2024
In determining whether any species is endangered, threatened or
				of special concern, the Department shall:
(a) Develop, pursuant to sections 26-306-2
			 and
			 26-306-3
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and any other applicable
			 provisions of law, proposed lists of species which are endangered, threatened
			 or of special concern;
(b)
			 Establish a Species Advisory Committee;
(c) Submit proposed species lists developed
			 under subsection (a) of this section to the Species Advisory Committee for
			 review and comment;
(d) Consider
			 but not be bound by the comments of the Species Advisory Committee in
			 determining whether to include any species on the list of endangered species,
			 threatened species, or species of special concern, or to delete any species
			 from any such list; and
(e)
			 Determine, pursuant to any applicable provisions of law, whether to include any
			 species on the list of endangered species, threatened species, or species of
			 special concern, or whether to delete any species from any such list.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 306 - Endangered and Threatened Species, and Species of Special Concern › Section 26-306-3 - Criteria for determining whether any species is endangered, threatened, or of special concern

Current through July 10, 2024
A species shall be considered for listing as an endangered
				species, threatened species, or a species of special concern if:
(1) It is a wild mammal, bird, amphibian,
			 reptile, fish, plant or invertebrate;
(2) Individuals of such species reside, or,
			 for species of special concern, have resided in the past, in Connecticut for a
			 portion of their life cycle; and
(3) It is an endangered species, threatened
			 species, or species of special concern as those terms are defined by section
			 26-304 of
			 the General Statutes.