§ 26-1 |
Definitions |
§ 26-2 |
Members. Appointment. Compensation |
§ 26-3 |
Powers and duties of commissioner |
§ 26-3a |
Acquisition of easements for maintenance of dams |
§ 26-3b |
Rental, sale, exchange or transfer of real property and buildings in the custody or control of the commissioner. Right of first refusal |
§ 26-4 |
Appointment and duties of director |
§ 26-5 |
Appointment of conservation officers, special conservation officers and patrolmen |
§ 26-6 |
Powers and duties of conservation officers and patrolmen |
§ 26-6a |
Constables for fish and game protection |
§ 26-6b |
Search of containers by conservation officers |
§ 26-6c |
Immunity from attachments |
§ 26-7 |
Volunteer assistants |
§ 26-8 |
Ordinances controlling use of waters not applicable to department or employees |
§ 26-9 |
Annual exhibition |
§ 26-14 |
Federal aid for fish restoration projects |
§ 26-15 |
Federal aid for wildlife restoration projects |
§ 26-15a |
Appropriations to the department. Annual report |
§ 26-16 |
Public hunting and fishing lands and waters |
§ 26-17 |
Release of fishing or hunting rights |
§ 26-17a |
Acquisition and preservation of tidal wetlands |
§ 26-18 |
Fish or game for propagation |
§ 26-19 |
Motor boats in Bantam River |
§ 26-20 |
Signs on rights-of-way to state ponds or streams |
§ 26-21 |
Notice not to be destroyed |
§ 26-22 |
Control of aquatic plants and animals |
§ 26-23 |
Abandoned or discarded fishing or hunting implements |
§ 26-24 |
Use or disposal of seized articles |
§ 26-25 |
Commissioner may declare closed season or extend open season |
§ 26-25a |
Regulation of feeding of wildlife on state-owned property |
§ 26-25b |
Disclosure of stocking schedules |
§ 26-25c |
Release of lighter-than-air balloons restricted. Penalty |
§ 26-26 |
Enforcement in state boundary waters of fish and game laws |
§ 26-26a |
Northeast Conservation Law Enforcement Compact |
§ 26-27 |
Licenses required for hunting, trapping and fishing |
§ 26-27a |
Junior licenses |
§ 26-27b |
Hunting or taking of waterfowl, stamp required. Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp |
§ 26-27c |
Reproduction and marketing of stamp as artwork. Use of funds generated |
§ 26-27d |
Citizens’ Advisory Board for the Connecticut Migratory Bird Conservation Stamp program |
§ 26-27e |
Sport fishing licenses. Statement re discarding of fishing line or other litter |
§ 26-28 |
Hunting, trapping and sport fishing license fees |
§ 26-28a |
Combination licenses for servicemen. Fee |
§ 26-29 |
Free lifetime fishing licenses for blind persons |
§ 26-29a |
Free lifetime fishing licenses for persons with mental retardation |
§ 26-29b |
Free lifetime hunting, sport fishing or trapping license for certain handicapped persons |
§ 26-29c |
Free private land deer permit for certain farmers |
§ 26-30 |
Applications. Issuance of licenses |
§ 26-31 |
Instruction in handling and use of hunting weapons. Required education course for reinstatement of suspended license |
§ 26-31a |
Instruction in fishing techniques |
§ 26-31b |
Hunting and fishing guide services. Licenses. Fee |
§ 26-32 |
Permanent license |
§ 26-33 |
Issuance of complimentary licenses to nonresidents |
§ 26-34 |
License for nonresident servicemen |
§ 26-34a |
License for nonresident servicemen |
§ 26-35 |
Expiration date. License not transferable. Restrictions. Wildlife management study area |
§ 26-36 |
Record of licenses. Remittance of fees by town clerks |
§ 26-37 |
Duplicate licenses |
§ 26-38 |
Hunting by minors |
§ 26-39 |
Hunting licenses for owners of packs of dogs |
§ 26-40 |
Game breeders license. Possession of skunks or raccoons |
§ 26-40a |
Possession of potentially dangerous animal. Bill for costs of confiscation. Civil penalty |
§ 26-40b |
Animals, the skin or body of which is not to be sold |
§ 26-40c |
Search and seizure |
§ 26-40d |
Exceptions |
§ 26-40e |
Killing, possession and sale of endangered and threatened species |
§ 26-40f |
Penalty |
§ 26-41 |
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§ 26-42 |
Licensing of raw fur dealers. Inspection. Regulations |
§ 26-43 |
Sale of raw furs to unlicensed nonresident dealer |
§ 26-44 |
Licensing of ferrets |
§ 26-45 |
Bait dealer’s license |
§ 26-46 |
Reciprocal fishing privileges in borderline waters |
§ 26-47 |
Permits to take wildlife damaging crops. License to control nuisance wildlife |
§ 26-47a |
Use of noise-making devices to repel marauding birds and wildlife |
§ 26-48 |
Private shooting preserves; permits; regulations |
§ 26-48a |
Management of salmon, pheasant, turkey and migratory game birds. Issuance of permits, tags or stamps |
§ 26-49 |
Training of hunting dogs. Permits for liberation of artificially propagated birds |
§ 26-50 |
Permits for training hunting dogs using liberated pheasants |
§ 26-51 |
Permits for field dog trials. Fee |
§ 26-52 |
Permits for shooting birds liberated at field dog trials. Fees |
§ 26-53 |
Hunting licenses not required at field trials |
§ 26-54 |
Permits for custodians of protected birds and quadrupeds |
§ 26-55 |
Permit for importing, possessing or liberating fish, wild birds, wild mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates |
§ 26-55a |
Possession of diploid grass carp |
§ 26-56 |
Permits for importation of wild hares or rabbits |
§ 26-57 |
Permits for transportation and exportation of fish, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates |
§ 26-58 |
Taxidermist’s license |
§ 26-59 |
Regulation of tanning, curing and mounting; permits |
§ 26-60 |
Permits to collect certain wildlife for scientific and educational purposes. Fee |
§ 26-61 |
Suspension of license, registration or permit. Restoration. Fines |
§ 26-62 |
Hunting accidents; suspension of license or privilege to hunt |
§ 26-63 |
Notice of action on license |
§ 26-64 |
Fine for violations |
§ 26-65 |
Commissioner authorized to regulate hunting. Landowner permission required for hunting on private land |
§ 26-66 |
Scope of regulations |
§ 26-66a |
Posting of warning signs by the department. Fees |
§ 26-66b |
Hunting field guides produced by the department to include regulations for hunting in proximity to buildings |
§ 26-67 |
Regulations |
§ 26-67a |
Confidentiality of reports |
§ 26-67b |
Commissioner to advise law enforcement authorities re fish and game laws |
§ 26-67c |
Complaints re hunting in proximity to certain areas. Hearing. Records to be kept by law enforcement officials. Report to General Assembly |
§ 26-67d |
Falconry: Definitions |
§ 26-67e |
Falconry: Applicable federal regulations. Commissioner authorized to adopt regulations. Fee reciprocity |
§ 26-68 |
Emergency declaration of closed seasons |
§ 26-69 |
Wildlife management practices |
§ 26-70 |
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 |
§ 26-71 |
Penalty |
§ 26-72 |
Regulation of trapping of fur-bearing animals |
§ 26-73 |
Hunting on Sunday |
§ 26-74 |
Use of motor vehicles, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles in hunting |
§ 26-75 |
Silencer on firearms |
§ 26-76 |
Possession limit of game birds, wild quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians |
§ 26-77 |
Taking of waterfowl in open coastal waters |
§ 26-78 |
Sale of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or amphibians |
§ 26-78a |
Donation of game to charitable organizations |
§ 26-79 |
Hunting in Putnam Memorial Camp grounds |
§ 26-80 |
Disposition of birds, quadrupeds, reptiles or amphibians illegally taken |
§ 26-80a |
Illegal taking of moose or bear. Suspension of hunting license. Penalties |
§ 26-81 |
Penalties |
§ 26-82 |
Killing of deer regulated. Damage permit. Jacklight permit. Penalties. Plan by homeowner association, municipality or nonprofit land-holding organization to take deer |
§ 26-85 |
Jacklighting for deer. Forfeiture and disposal of weapons |
§ 26-86 |
Deer, moose or black bear killed or wounded by motor vehicle |
§ 26-86a |
Game management. Deer hunting; permitted weapons, locations, bag limits. Consent forms; permits, selection process |
§ 26-86b |
Tags. Report of kill |
§ 26-86c |
Permits to hunt deer and small game with bow and arrow. Fees. Applications. Education course requirement |
§ 26-86d |
Penalty |
§ 26-86e |
Regulation of hunting of doe deer |
§ 26-86f |
Hunting of fawn deer prohibited |
§ 26-87 |
Taking rabbits by use of ferrets. Authorization. Penalties |
§ 26-88 |
Use of explosives |
§ 26-89 |
Cutting trees or using fire to take raccoon |
§ 26-90 |
False statement, penalty. General penalty |
§ 26-91 |
Taking of migratory game birds. Plan by municipality, homeowner association or nonprofit land-holding organization to take Canada geese |
§ 26-92 |
Wild birds other than game birds protected, exception. Game birds defined |
§ 26-92a |
State purchase of game birds |
§ 26-93 |
Hunting of bald eagle prohibited. Disturbance of nest prohibited. Fine. No access area for bald eagle. Violation and fine or imprisonment |
§ 26-94 |
Hunting swan prohibited |
§ 26-95 |
Trapping of birds |
§ 26-96 |
Trap shooting |
§ 26-97 |
Killing game birds in Westport Fire District prohibited. Penalty |
§ 26-98 |
Penalties |
§ 26-99 |
Establishment of fish and game refuges |
§ 26-100 |
Posting notices |
§ 26-101 |
Wildlife refuges and closed areas |
§ 26-102 |
Fish spawning areas and refuges |
§ 26-103 |
Management and preservation of islands in and marshes in or bordering the Housatonic River |
§ 26-104 |
Bantam Lake sanctuary |
§ 26-105 |
Lake Wononscopomuc sanctuary. Limited hunting |
§ 26-106 |
Milford refuge |
§ 26-107 |
Hunting and trapping on wildlife refuge or closed area |
§ 26-107f |
Program for the conservation of nonharvested wildlife |
§ 26-107g |
Citizen’s Advisory Board for Nonharvested Wildlife. Membership. Duties |
§ 26-107h |
Annual report |
§ 26-107i |
Sale of wildlife stamps, prints, publications and other items. Allocation revenue |
§ 26-108 |
Inland waters and marine district defined |
§ 26-109 |
Dividing lines between inland and marine waters in Groton, Stonington, the Niantic River and the Housatonic River |
§ 26-110 |
Demarcation lines |
§ 26-111 |
Regulation of fishing |
§ 26-112 |
Scope of regulations |
§ 26-113 |
Hearings |
§ 26-114 |
Prohibited acts |
§ 26-114a |
Purchase or sale of snakehead fish prohibited |
§ 26-115 |
Fisheries management practices of commissioner |
§ 26-116 |
Exceptions |
§ 26-117 |
Fine for violation |
§ 26-118 |
Fishing in reservoir |
§ 26-119 |
Use of explosives or poisons |
§ 26-120 |
Striped bass |
§ 26-121 |
Taking of tomcod or frost fish in Saugatuck River |
§ 26-122 |
Fishing through ice in Cranberry Pond, Cream Hill Lake and Lake Quonnipaug |
§ 26-123 |
Fishing through ice in Long Meadow Pond |
§ 26-124 |
Indian Pond |
§ 26-125 |
Beach Pond and Killingly Pond |
§ 26-126 |
Disposition of fish illegally taken |
§ 26-127 |
Conservation of bait species |
§ 26-128 |
Carp and goldfish |
§ 26-128a |
Taking of glass eels, elver eels and silver eels prohibited. Penalty |
§ 26-129 |
Forfeiture of fishing tackle |
§ 26-130 |
Sale of fish for stocking; sale of fish management commodities; sale of trout eggs |
§ 26-131 |
Registration of private waters. Taking of fish without license |
§ 26-132 |
Privately stocked waters |
§ 26-133 |
Stocking with different species of fish |
§ 26-134 |
Obstructing streams |
§ 26-135 |
Pond weirs and nets |
§ 26-136 |
Fishways |
§ 26-137 |
Fishing near fishways |
§ 26-138 |
Draining for taking fish |
§ 26-139 |
Responsibility for draining. Penalty |
§ 26-140 |
Fishing rights in stream crossing highway |
§ 26-141 |
Fine for violation |
§ 26-141a |
Standards for flow of water in rivers or streams |
§ 26-141b |
Adoption of regulations establishing flow standards for rivers and streams. Procedure |
§ 26-141c |
Violation of regulations |
§ 26-142 |
Registration of nets. Permits to tend or operate |
§ 26-142a |
Environmental tourism cruise vessel permit. Commercial fishing vessel permits. Registration of nets and areas of use. Registration of charter boats. Fishing licenses and registrations. Possession limits. Fees |
§ 26-142b |
Resident and nonresident commercial finfish, fishing and lobster pot licenses. Restrictions on issuance, transfer and renewal |
§ 26-142c |
Vessel permit exemption for taking lobsters or fish for personal use |
§ 26-143 |
Nets to be marked |
§ 26-143a |
Nets to be buoyed and marked. Boats to display license or registration flag |
§ 26-149 |
Commercial hatcheries. Fees |
§ 26-154 |
Restricted waters near mouth of stream or estuary. Use of otter trawls in estuaries |
§ 26-154a |
Use of purse seines in Long Island Sound |
§ 26-155 |
Fish oil or fertilizer |
§ 26-157a |
Lobster management program |
§ 26-157b |
Reports. Penalty |
§ 26-157c |
Regulations governing the taking and possession of lobsters. Regulations implementing the lobster trap allocation buy-back program |
§ 26-157d |
Lobster restoration program. Regulations |
§ 26-157e |
Commissioner to pursue lobster restoration funds. Administration of funds. Entering into contracts |
§ 26-157f |
Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation |
§ 26-157g |
Lobster v-notch restoration program |
§ 26-157h |
Lobster trap allocation buy-back program |
§ 26-157i |
Economic assistance program for resident commercial lobster fishermen. Establishment. Regulations |
§ 26-157j |
Seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper possession and sale of undersized lobsters. Conditions. Documentation |
§ 26-158 |
Sale of lobsters |
§ 26-159 |
Sea sturgeon |
§ 26-159a |
Regulations concerning certain sport and commercial fishing in the marine district and possession of certain species. Penalty |
§ 26-159b |
Taking and selling of sea sturgeon prohibited |
§ 26-159c |
Commissioner to conduct public hearings in coastal areas |
§ 26-160 |
Extension zones |
§ 26-164 |
Inspection of license |
§ 26-165 |
Reports |
§ 26-166 |
Obstructions |
§ 26-167 |
Stealing fish, lobsters or equipment. Penalty |
§ 26-168 |
Sale or taking of salt water fish |
§ 26-169 |
Nets and seines prohibited in Darien, Stamford and Greenwich |
§ 26-170 |
Use of seine in Norwalk Harbor |
§ 26-171 |
Taking smelt in Greenwich |
§ 26-174 |
Pawcatuck River |
§ 26-175 |
Long Beach and Penfield Reef |
§ 26-176 |
Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook |
§ 26-177 |
Mystic River |
§ 26-178 |
Thames River |
§ 26-179 |
Taking smelt in Groton |
§ 26-180 |
Milford Harbor |
§ 26-181 |
Chester Cove |
§ 26-182 |
Wright’s Cove |
§ 26-183 |
Use of nets in Long Island Sound adjacent to Stratford |
§ 26-184 |
Use of nets in Keney Cove |
§ 26-185 |
Use of trawls in the Poquonock River |
§ 26-186 |
Penalties |
§ 26-186a |
Effect of license suspension on other licenses, permits or registrations and on right to obtain them |