Chapter 492. Local Shellfisheries
Section
26-238Town oyster ground committee.26-239Certain grants of oyster, clam and mussel grounds valid.26-240Town ground; designation; designation requirements and prohibitions; hearing.26-241Name of owner to appear on stakes, buoys and markers. Buoy specifications.26-242Granting of designation; condition precedent.26-243Evidence of designation to be recorded.26-244Lost title; redesignation. Penalty.26-245Fees of shellfish commissions.26-246Designation of disputed lines in local jurisdiction.26-247Removal of beds improperly staked.26-248Procedure to dam creek or inlet.26-249Private ownership in cultivated shellfish.26-250Taxation of town ground.26-251Natural clam beds not to be designated.26-252Taking of hard or round clams; size.26-253Trespass on designated ground.26-254 and 26-255Catching of shellfish on bridge pier. Plowing for shellfish along Long Island Sound.26-256Injury to pond gates and dams.26-257Local shellfish grounds under state control.26-257aLocal shellfish commissions.26-258Location of local natural clam or oyster beds.26-259Maps to be lodged in town clerk's office.26-260Selectmen of Milford and West Haven may prohibit the taking of clams.26-261Taking of clams from Oyster River in West Haven and Milford.26-262Taking of oysters from natural ground in Milford.26-263 to 26-265Taking of clams from Gulf Pond in Milford. Dredging prohibited in New Haven harbor. Dredging in New Haven, Morris Creek and East Haven.26-266Shellfisheries in Branford. Grants. Requirements and prohibitions of grants.26-267 to 26-270Branford and Farm Rivers. Branford or East Haven shores. Taking of clams from clam flats in and adjacent to the town of Branford. Taking of oysters and claims in Westbrook.26-271 to 26-275Powers of Guilford and Madison selectmen. Shellfisheries in Guilford. Restriction of powers of Guilford. Limitation of taking shellfish in Guilford and Madison. Dredging in waters.26-276Hammonasset River; limitation.26-277Clinton and Madison; special constables.26-278Jurisdiction of special constables.26-279Madison; town rights.26-280Taking of shellfish at Saugatuck Shores in Westport.26-281 to 26-283Protection of clams and oysters in Fairfield. Taking of clams from Fairfield Beach. Clamming restricted in Mill River in Fairfield.26-284Thames River oysters; limitation.26-285Taking of oysters and clams in Old Lyme regulated.26-286Taking oysters from the inland waters of East Lyme and Waterford.26-287Waterford-East Lyme shellfish commission. Taking of shellfish from Niantic River.26-288Escallops.26-289Dredging for escallops in Little Narragansett Bay or Stonington Harbor.26-290Taking of escallops in Groton.26-291Taking of oysters and clams in Stonington.26-291aTaking of clams and oysters in Stonington.26-292Taking of escallops in the waters of Stonington.26-292aCockenoe Flats shellfish grounds, Westport. Jurisdiction. Recreational clamming permits.26-292bHand-harvesting horseshoe crabs in the town of Stratford. Prohibition. Violation.26-292cRecommendations for horseshoe crab taking restricted areas.26-292dHand-harvesting of horseshoe crabs or eggs. Prohibition. Exception. Fine. Enforcement.26-293Prosecutions.26-294Penalty.