{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-217","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-217","heading":"Use of chain bags on natural oyster beds.","body":"No person shall use any dredge with a chain bag having rings of less than three-quarters of an inch in diameter, or any net bag with smaller mesh than two inches from knot to knot, on any natural oyster bed. Any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars.","path":["TITLE 26. FISHERIES AND GAME","CHAPTER 491. STATE SHELLFISHERIES"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_491.htm#sec_26-217","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:08Z","sha256":"7cdcec49708cd8e682868265461f12ff453bde7923ba580057c0340f8b31bf73","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-216","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-26-218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}