Connecticut § 26-176 - Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook.

§ 26-176. Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook.

Sec. 26-176. Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook. No person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the waters of the Thames River or Niantic Bay above the bridges of the Penn-Central Railroad Company or from the waters of the Mystic River or from the waters of the Connecticut River easterly of a straight line extending northerly from the westerly tip of Griswold Spit to the easterly abutment of the bridge of the Penn-Central Railroad Company over the Connecticut River in the town of Old Lyme, by means of any otter or beam trawl or any device of a similar nature, or by use of any gill net and no person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the waters of North Cove in Old Saybrook by means of any otter or beam trawl or any similar device.

(1949 Rev., S. 4990; P.A. 74-134, S. 1, 2.)

History: P.A. 74-134 substituted Penn-Central Railroad Company for New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and prohibited use of otter or beam trawl and similar devices in waters of North Cove, Old Saybrook.