§ 26-238 Town oyster ground committee
§ 26-239 Certain grants of oyster, clam and mussel grounds valid
§ 26-240 Town ground; designation; designation requirements and prohibitions; hearing
§ 26-241 Name of owner to appear on stakes, buoys and markers. Buoy specifications
§ 26-242 Granting of designation; condition precedent
§ 26-243 Evidence of designation to be recorded
§ 26-244 Lost title; redesignation. Penalty
§ 26-245 Fees of shellfish commissions
§ 26-246 Designation of disputed lines in local jurisdiction
§ 26-247 Removal of beds improperly staked
§ 26-248 Procedure to dam creek or inlet
§ 26-249 Private ownership in cultivated shellfish
§ 26-250 Taxation of town ground
§ 26-251 Natural clam beds not to be designated
§ 26-252 Taking of hard or round clams; size
§ 26-253 Trespass on designated ground
§ 26-256 Injury to pond gates and dams
§ 26-257 Local shellfish grounds under state control
§ 26-257a Local shellfish commissions
§ 26-258 Location of local natural clam or oyster beds
§ 26-259 Maps to be lodged in town clerk’s office
§ 26-260 Selectmen of Milford and West Haven may prohibit the taking of clams
§ 26-261 Taking of clams from Oyster River in West Haven and Milford
§ 26-262 Taking of oysters from natural ground in Milford
§ 26-266 Shellfisheries in Branford. Grants. Requirements and prohibitions of grants
§ 26-276 Hammonasset River; limitation
§ 26-277 Clinton and Madison; special constables
§ 26-278 Jurisdiction of special constables
§ 26-279 Madison; town rights
§ 26-280 Taking of shellfish at Saugatuck Shores in Westport
§ 26-284 Thames River oysters; limitation
§ 26-285 Taking of oysters and clams in Old Lyme regulated
§ 26-286 Taking oysters from the inland waters of East Lyme and Waterford
§ 26-287 Waterford-East Lyme shellfish commission. Taking of shellfish from Niantic River
§ 26-288 Escallops
§ 26-289 Dredging for escallops in Little Narragansett Bay or Stonington Harbor
§ 26-290 Taking of escallops in Groton
§ 26-291 Taking of oysters and clams in Stonington
§ 26-291a Taking of clams and oysters in Stonington
§ 26-292 Taking of escallops in the waters of Stonington
§ 26-292a Cockenoe Flats shellfish grounds, Westport. Jurisdiction. Recreational clamming permits
§ 26-292b Hand-harvesting horseshoe crabs in the town of Stratford. Prohibition. Violation
§ 26-292c Recommendations for horseshoe crab taking restricted areas
§ 26-293 Prosecutions
§ 26-294 Penalty

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes > Chapter 492 - Local Shellfisheries

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  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
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  • farm: includes farm buildings, and accessory buildings thereto, nurseries, orchards, ranges, greenhouses, hoophouses and other temporary structures or other structures used primarily for the raising and, as an incident to ordinary farming operations, the sale of agricultural or horticultural commodities. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • legislative body: means : (1) As applied to unconsolidated towns, the town meeting. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.