Connecticut § 26-46 - Reciprocal fishing privileges.
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§ 26-46. Reciprocal fishing privileges.
Sec. 26-46. Reciprocal fishing privileges. (a) If and when the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts or the state of Rhode Island enacts a similar law granting reciprocal privileges to residents of this state, any person who holds a license to fish in inland waters in the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts or the state of Rhode Island may fish in inland waters lying partly in this state and partly in such adjoining state, or in such waters as negotiated by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection of this state and any similar authority in such adjoining state, without a nonresident inland waters license to fish as required by this chapter, provided such nonresidents shall be subject to all other provisions of the statutes and the regulations of the commissioner relating to fishing in lakes and ponds.
(b) If and when the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts, the state of New Hampshire, the state of Maine or the state of Rhode Island enacts a similar law granting reciprocal privileges to residents of this state, any nonresident who holds a marine waters fishing license issued by one of said states having such reciprocal privileges may fish in the marine district or land marine species in Connecticut and shall not be required to purchase a Connecticut nonresident marine waters fishing license. Such nonresidents shall be subject to all other provisions of the statutes and the regulations of the commissioner relating to fishing in the marine district.
(1957, P.A. 318, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 241; P.A. 09-173, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board and its director with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 09-173 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), added “inland” and “inland waters” and made a technical change therein and added Subsec. (b) re reciprocal privileges re marine waters fishing license, effective June 15, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
Source: official Connecticut text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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