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Fisheries and Game

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Definitions.

Members. Appointment. Compensation.

Powers and duties of commissioner.

Acquisition of easements for maintenance of dams.

Rental, sale, exchange or transfer of real property and buildings in the custody or control of the commissioner. Right of first refusal.

Procedures and processes for use of Internet and other means for issuance of hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, permits, stamps and tags. Schedule of retainage by agents.

Appointment and duties of director.

Appointment of conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen.

Powers and duties of conservation officers and patrolmen.

Constables for fish and game protection.

Search of containers by conservation officers.

Immunity from attachments.

Volunteer assistants.

Ordinances controlling use of waters not applicable to department or employees.

Annual exhibition.

Sections
26-10 to 26-13

Board may borrow from General Fund. Game Fund. Fish Fund. Disposition of receipts.

Federal aid for fish restoration projects.

Fish and wildlife restoration projects. Funds for programs and functions of Bureau of Natural Resources.

Appropriations to Bureau of Natural Resources. Federal aid. Annual report.

Annual report re license, permit, stamp and tag fees and expenditures for fish and wildlife programs.

Public hunting and fishing lands and waters.

Release of fishing or hunting rights.

Acquisition and preservation of tidal wetlands.

Fish or game for propagation.

Motor boats in Bantam River.

Signs on rights-of-way to state ponds or streams.

Notice not to be destroyed.

Control of aquatic plants and animals.

Abandoned or discarded fishing or hunting implements. Derelict lobster gear.

Use or disposal of seized articles.

Commissioner may declare closed season or extend open season.

Regulation of feeding of wildlife on state-owned property.

Disclosure of stocking schedules.

Release of lighter-than-air balloons restricted. Penalty.

Enforcement in state boundary waters of fish and game laws.

Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Compact.

Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact.

Licenses required for hunting, trapping and fishing. Exceptions.

Junior licenses.

Stamps required for hunting or taking of migratory birds, resident birds or resident game birds. Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp. Connecticut Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamp.

Reproduction and marketing of stamps as artwork. Migratory bird and resident game bird conservation account. Subaccount. Restricted uses of funds.

Citizens' Advisory Board for the Connecticut Migratory Bird and Resident Game Bird Conservation Stamps program.

Sport fishing licenses. Statement re discarding of fishing line or other litter.

Three-day out-of-state bird hunting license. Fee. Regulations.

Lifetime hunting and fishing licenses. Authorization. Regulations.

Hunting, trapping and sport fishing license fees.

Combination licenses for servicemen. Fee.

Marine waters fishing license. Exemptions.

Marine waters fishing license fees.

Free lifetime fishing license for person who is blind.

Free lifetime fishing licenses for persons with intellectual disability.

Free lifetime hunting, sport fishing or trapping license for person with physical disability.

Free private land deer permit for certain farmers.

Applications. Issuance of licenses.

Instruction in handling and use of hunting weapons. Required education course for reinstatement of suspended license.

Instruction in fishing techniques.

Hunting and fishing guide services. Licenses. Fee.

Hunting or fishing guide services. Registration. Fee. Exception. Limit on customers in vessel. Regulations. Fine.

Permanent license.

Issuance of complimentary licenses to nonresidents.

License for nonresident servicemen.

License for nonresident servicemen.

Expiration date. License not transferable. Restrictions. Wildlife management study area.

Record of licenses. Remittance of fees by town clerks.

Duplicate licenses.

Hunting by minors.

Hunting licenses for owners of packs of dogs.

Game breeders license. Possession of skunks or raccoons.

Possession of potentially dangerous animal. Exemptions. Seizure, relocation and disposal. Penalties.

Animals, the skin or body of which is not to be sold.

Search and seizure.

Exceptions.

Killing, possession and sale of endangered and threatened species.

Penalty.

Transferred to Chapter 422, Sec. 22-12b.

Licensing of raw fur dealers. Inspection. Regulations.

Sale of raw furs to unlicensed nonresident dealer.

Licensing of ferrets.

Bait dealer's license.

Reciprocal fishing privileges.

Permits to take wildlife damaging crops. License to control nuisance wildlife.

Use of noise-making devices to repel marauding birds and wildlife.

Private shooting preserves; permits; regulations.

Management of salmon, trout and turkey. Issuance of permits, tags or stamps.

Training of hunting dogs. Permits for liberation of artificially propagated birds.

Permits for training hunting dogs using liberated pheasants.

Permits for field dog trials. Fee.

Permits for shooting birds liberated at field dog trials. Fees.

Hunting licenses not required at field trials.

Permits for custodians of protected birds and quadrupeds.

Permit for importing, introducing into state, possessing or liberating live fish, wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Regulations. Exemptions. Seizure, relocation and disposal. Penalties.

Possession of diploid grass carp.

Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits.

Permits for transportation and exportation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates.

Regulations for the establishment of in-state captive herds of cervids. Pilot program for businesses to maintain reindeer. Importation of reindeer into state from Thanksgiving Day to New Year's Day.

Taxidermist's license.

Regulation of tanning, curing and mounting; permits.

Permits to collect certain wildlife for scientific and educational purposes. Fee.

Suspension of license, registration or permit. Restoration. Fines.

Hunting accidents; suspension of license or privilege to hunt.

Notice of action on license.

Fine for violations. Exception.

Commissioner authorized to regulate hunting. Landowner permission required for hunting on private land.

Prohibition re reduction of state land where hunting is permitted.

Scope of regulations.

Posting of warning signs by the department. Fees.

Hunting field guides produced by the department to include regulations for hunting in proximity to buildings.

Regulations.

Confidentiality of reports.

Commissioner to advise law enforcement authorities re fish and game laws.

Complaints re hunting in proximity to certain areas. Hearing. Records to be kept by law enforcement officials. Report to General Assembly.

Falconry: Definitions.

Falconry: Applicable federal regulations. Commissioner authorized to adopt regulations. Fee reciprocity.

Emergency declaration of closed seasons.

Wildlife management practices.

Regulation of hunting of wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. Permit for administration of chemical or biological substance to free-ranging wildlife. Requirements.

Penalty.

Regulation of trapping of fur-bearing animals.

Hunting on Sunday. Bow and arrow hunting of deer on private property.

Use of motor vehicles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles in hunting.

Silencer on firearms.

Possession limit of game birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians.

Taking of waterfowl in open coastal waters.

Sale of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or amphibians.

Donation of game to charitable organizations.

Hunting in Putnam Memorial Camp grounds.

Disposition of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or amphibians illegally taken.

Illegal taking of moose or bear. Suspension of hunting license. Penalties.

Sale or use of computer software or service to remotely hunt animals or birds prohibited. Penalty.

Penalty.

Killing of deer regulated. Damage permit. Jacklight permit. Penalties. Plan by homeowner association, municipality or nonprofit land-holding organization to take deer.

Private land revolver permit to hunt deer. Requirements.

Sections
26-83 and 26-84

Permits to hunt deer. Fee for permit to kill deer.

Jacklighting for deer. Forfeiture and disposal of weapons.

Deer, moose or black bear killed or wounded by motor vehicle.

Game management. Deer hunting; permitted weapons, locations, bag limits. Consent forms; permits, selection process.

Tags. Report of kill.

Permits to hunt deer and small game with bow and arrow. Fees. Applications. Education course requirement.

Penalty.

Regulation of hunting of doe deer.

Hunting of fawn deer prohibited.

Taking rabbits by use of ferrets. Authorization. Penalties.

Use of explosives.

Cutting trees or using fire to take raccoon.

False statement, penalty. General penalty.

Taking of migratory game birds. Plan by municipality, homeowner association or nonprofit land-holding organization to take Canada geese.

Wild birds other than game birds protected, exception. Game birds defined.

State purchase of game birds.

Hunting of bald eagle prohibited. Disturbance of nest prohibited. Fine. No access area for bald eagle. Violation and fine or imprisonment.

Hunting of swan prohibited.

Trapping of birds.

Trap shooting.

Killing game birds in Westport Fire District prohibited. Penalty.

Penalty.

Establishment of fish and game refuges.

Posting notices.

Wildlife refuges and closed areas.

Fish spawning areas and refuges.

Management and preservation of islands in and marshes in or bordering the Housatonic River.

Bantam Lake sanctuary.

Lake Wononscopomuc sanctuary. Limited hunting.

Milford refuge.

Hunting and trapping on wildlife refuge or closed area.

Sections
26-107a to 26-107e

Reserved for future use.

Section
26-107f

Program for the conservation of nonharvested wildlife.

Section
26-107g

Citizen's Advisory Board for Nonharvested Wildlife. Membership. Duties.

Section
26-107h

Annual report.

Section
26-107i

Sale of wildlife stamps, prints, publications and other items. Allocation of revenue.

Inland waters and marine district defined.

Dividing lines between inland and marine waters in Groton, Stonington, the Niantic River and the Housatonic River.

Demarcation lines.

Regulation of fishing.

Scope of regulations.

Hearings.

Prohibited acts.

Section
26-114a

Purchase or sale of snakehead fish prohibited.

Fisheries management practices of commissioner.

Exceptions.

Fine for violation.

Fishing in reservoir.

Use of explosives or poisons.

Striped bass.

Taking of tomcod or frost fish in Saugatuck River.

Fishing through ice in Cranberry Pond, Cream Hill Lake and Lake Quonnipaug.

Fishing through ice in Long Meadow Pond.

Indian Pond.

Beach Pond and Killingly Pond.

Disposition of fish illegally taken.

Conservation of bait species.

Carp and goldfish.

Section
26-128a

Taking of glass eels, elver eels and silver eels prohibited. Penalty.

Forfeiture of fishing tackle.

Sale of fish for stocking; sale of fish management commodities; sale of trout eggs.

Registration of private waters. Taking of fish without license.

Privately stocked waters.

Stocking with different species of fish.

Obstructing streams.

Pond weirs and nets.

Fishways.

Fishing near fishways.

Draining for taking fish.

Responsibility for draining. Penalty.

Fishing rights in stream crossing highway.

Fine for violation.

Section
26-141a

Standards for flow of water in rivers or streams.

Section
26-141b

Adoption of regulations establishing flow standards for rivers and streams. Procedure.

Section
26-141c

Violation of regulations.

Registration of nets. Permits to tend or operate.

Section
26-142a

Definitions. Licenses, permits, registrations and endorsements. Regulations. Prohibitions. Nonresident licenses. Fees. Commissioner authority. Revocation. Violations. Penalties. Limited access licenses.

Section
26-142b

Resident-held and nonresident-held principal commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license and commercial lobster pot fishing license. Restrictions on reissuance, transfer and renewal.

Section
26-142c

Vessel permit exemption for taking lobsters or fish for personal use.

Section
26-142d

Dual-landing agreements for Winter I Summer Flounder.

Nets to be marked.

Section
26-143a

Nets to be buoyed and marked. Boats to display license or registration flag.

Sections
26-144 to 26-148

Nets for taking tomcod or frost fish. Smelt and tomcod; nets, registration and fee. Taking of smelt and tomcod; open season, net specifications, designated time and area, penalty. Eel pots. Shad; nets; penalty. Set nets for taking shad in Connecticut and Farmington Rivers.

Commercial hatcheries. Fees.

Sections
26-150 to 26-153

Registration of fishing boat or vessel; operator's license; fees. Boats to display license number. Drag nets. Drag net or seine, license to operate, required. Mesh of nets.

Restricted waters near mouth of stream or estuary. Use of otter trawls in estuaries.

Section
26-154a

Use of purse seines in Long Island Sound.

Fish oil or fertilizer.

Sections
26-156 and 26-157

Crabs. Lobsters.

Section
26-157a

Lobster management program.

Section
26-157b

Reports. Penalty.

Section
26-157c

Regulations governing the taking and possession of lobsters. Regulations implementing the lobster trap allocation buy-back program.

Section
26-157d

Lobster restoration program. Regulations.

Section
26-157e

Commissioner to pursue lobster restoration funds. Administration of funds. Entering into contracts.

Section
26-157f

Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation.

Section
26-157g

Lobster v-notch restoration program.

Section
26-157h

Lobster trap allocation buy-back program.

Section
26-157i

Economic assistance program for resident commercial lobster fishermen. Establishment. Regulations.

Section
26-157j

Seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper possession and sale of undersized lobsters. Conditions. Documentation.

Sale of lobsters.

Sea sturgeon.

Section
26-159a

Regulations concerning certain sport and commercial fishing in the marine district and possession of certain species. Penalty.

Section
26-159b

Taking and selling of sea sturgeon prohibited.

Section
26-159c

Commissioner to conduct public hearings in coastal areas.

Extension zones.

Sections
26-161 to 26-163

Commercial taking of yellow perch. Northern fluke or summer flounder. Alewives and glut herring.

Inspection of license.

Reports.

Obstructions.

Stealing fish, lobsters or equipment. Penalty.

Sale or taking of salt water fish.

Nets and seines prohibited in Darien, Stamford and Greenwich.

Use of seine in Norwalk Harbor.

Taking smelt in Greenwich.

Sections
26-172 and 26-173

Drag nets along shores of Long Island Sound and Fishers Island Sound. Weirs and pounds.

Pawcatuck River.

Long Beach and Penfield Reef.

Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook.

Mystic River.

Thames River.

Taking smelt in Groton.

Milford Harbor.

Chester Cove.

Wright's Cove.

Use of nets in Long Island Sound adjacent to Stratford.

Use of nets in Keney Cove.

Use of trawls in the Poquonock River.

Penalties.

Section
26-186a

Effect of license suspension on other licenses, permits or registrations and on right to obtain them.