Connecticut § 26-102 - Fish spawning areas and refuges.
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§ 26-102. Fish spawning areas and refuges.
Sec. 26-102. Fish spawning areas and refuges. The commissioner may establish fish spawning areas and refuges on any waters; and the commissioner may establish closed areas and safety zones on public lands and waters and, with the consent of the owner, on private lands and waters, and close any such area to fishing and trespassing. The commissioner shall have emergency authority to declare a closed season on any regulated species threatened with undue depletion from any cause and, the provisions of section 26-116, notwithstanding, if such cause is any person, firm or corporation engaged in commercial fishing activity, the commissioner shall have the additional emergency power to establish prescribed conditions for the operation of such commercial fishing activity, or suspend or prohibit the right of such person, firm or corporation to operate within such waters for such period of time as the commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner may, if the commissioner deems it necessary, close any waters, or portions thereof, in the inland district to fishing for limited periods of time.
(1955, S. 2508d; February, 1965, P.A. 253, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 288; P.A. 23-196, S. 4.)
History: 1965 act added provisions granting board of fisheries and game emergency power to regulate commercial fishing activity; 1971 act substituted references to environmental protection commissioner for references to state board of fisheries and game; P.A. 23-196 changed reference from any species of fish threatened with undue depletion to any regulated species threatened with undue depletion and made technical changes, effective June 29, 2023.
See Sec. 26-117 re fines for violation.
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