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- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 26-156 and 26-157 · Crabs. Lobsters.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157a · Lobster management program.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157b · Reports. Penalty.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157c · Regulations governing the taking and possession of lobsters. Regulations implementing the lobster trap allocation buy-back program.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157d · Lobster restoration program. Regulations.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157e · Commissioner to pursue lobster restoration funds. Administration of funds. Entering into contracts.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157f · Lobster Restoration Advisory Committee. Establishment. Membership. Appointment, procedure and compensation.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157g · Lobster v-notch restoration program.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157h · Lobster trap allocation buy-back program.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157i · Economic assistance program for resident commercial lobster fishermen. Establishment. Regulations.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-157j · Seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper possession and sale of undersized lobsters. Conditions. Documentation.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-158 · Sale of lobsters.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159 · Sea sturgeon.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159a · Regulations concerning certain sport and commercial fishing in the marine district and possession of certain species. Penalty.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159b · Taking and selling of sea sturgeon prohibited.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-159c · Commissioner to conduct public hearings in coastal areas.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-160 · Extension zones.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 26-161 to 26-163 · Commercial taking of yellow perch. Northern fluke or summer flounder. Alewives and glut herring.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-164 · Inspection of license.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-165 · Reports.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-166 · Obstructions.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-167 · Stealing fish, lobsters or equipment. Penalty.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-168 · Sale or taking of salt water fish.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-169 · Nets and seines prohibited in Darien, Stamford and Greenwich.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-170 · Use of seine in Norwalk Harbor.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-171 · Taking smelt in Greenwich.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 26-172 and 26-173 · Drag nets along shores of Long Island Sound and Fishers Island Sound. Weirs and pounds.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-174 · Pawcatuck River.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-175 · Long Beach and Penfield Reef.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-176 · Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-177 · Mystic River.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-178 · Thames River.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-179 · Taking smelt in Groton.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-180 · Milford Harbor.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-181 · Chester Cove.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-182 · Wright's Cove.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-183 · Use of nets in Long Island Sound adjacent to Stratford.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-184 · Use of nets in Keney Cove.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-185 · Use of trawls in the Poquonock River.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-186 · Penalties.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-186a · Effect of license suspension on other licenses, permits or registrations and on right to obtain them.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 26-187 to 26-191 · Commissioners; appointment; report. Compensation of shellfish commissioners. Office; clerk; expenses. Engineer; employment. Use of shellfisheries boat.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192 · Exclusive jurisdiction of state.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192a · Lead agency.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192b · Standards for shellfish testing.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192c · (Formerly Sec. 19a-96). Inspection and regulations concerning shellfish. License.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192d · (Formerly Sec. 19a-97). Appeals from orders, suspension or revocation of a license.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192e · (Formerly Sec. 19a-98). Classification of coastal waters, shores and tidal flats for the taking of shellfish.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192f · (Formerly Sec. 19a-99). Penalties.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192g · (Formerly Sec. 19a-100). Enforcement.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192h · (Formerly Sec. 19a-101). License for the taking of shellfish from closed areas for certain purposes.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192i · (Formerly Sec. 19a-95). Shellfish; definition.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192j · Pollution which affects shellfish grounds. Liability to municipal shellfish commission.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192k · Shellfish relay from restricted relay grounds.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192l · Department of Agriculture's shellfish research and survey vessel.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-192m · Aquaculture Advisory Council. Membership. Duties. Annual report.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-193 · Natural oyster beds: Map on file.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-194 · Leasing of shellfish grounds. Fee. Utility lines and public use structures. Shellfish removal or relocation costs. Annual host payments for Long Island Sound crossings. Deposit of fee proceeds. Designation of shellfish areas to regional agricultural science and technology education centers. Leases for small-scale aquaculture operations.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-194a · Lease of a state shellfish bed to a municipality for recreational shellfishing. Fees.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-194b · Lease of shellfish parcels for use by nonprofit education or conservation organizations.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-195 · State ground; determination of disputed boundaries.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-196 · Determination of disputed boundaries in other cases.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-197 · Commissioners' fees on hearings.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-198 · Fees for recording or copying.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-199 · Recording of transfers.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-200 · Survey and staking; maps; fee.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-201 · Release to the state.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-202 · Leasing beacon ground.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-203 · Buoying of certain natural beds.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-204 · Grant of right to plant or cultivate shellfish which interferes with established fishing right void.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-205 · Wardens; appointment, duties and powers.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-206 · Shellfish police.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-207 · Taxation of shellfish grounds. Owner certification.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-208 · Laying of tax.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-209 · Appeal.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-210 · Collection of tax.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-211 · Taxes unpaid five years; reversion.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-212 · Licensing and numbering of shellfish vessels. Fee.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-213 · License to work on natural beds.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-214 · Nonresident oystermen. Foreign vessels prohibited.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-215 · Power dredges. Local shellfish commissions. Use of power dredges to restore shellfish beds.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-216 · Penalty.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-217 · Use of chain bags on natural oyster beds.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-218 · License forfeited on conviction.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-219 · License to take conchs.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-220 · Shellfish spawning beds.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 26-221 to 26-223 · Mud dumping. Notice of intended dumping on private oyster beds. Dumping inspectors.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-224 · Deposit of injurious substances in tidal waters or on oyster ground. Penalty.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-224a · Depositing of shellfish in tidal waters. Regulations.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-225 · Stealing oysters.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-226 · Injury to enclosure.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-227 · Taking from designated but unmarked ground.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-228 · Taking shellfish between sunset and sunrise.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-229 · Injury to monuments.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-230 · Speculation in ground prohibited. Illegally staking ground.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-231 · Towing dredge prohibited.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-232 · Taking oysters from natural beds or the Housatonic or Saugatuck Rivers.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-233 · Taking oysters from Housatonic River.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 26-233a and 26-234 · Taking of oysters in Housatonic River other than by tongs. Greenwich Cove oysters.
- Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-234a · Daily limit on oysters.