2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 26 - Fisheries and Game
Chapter 491 - State Shellfisheries
Section 26-192g - (Formerly Sec. 19a-100). Enforcement.
The provisions of sections 26-192e and 26-192f relating to the unauthorized taking of shellfish in contaminated and posted areas shall be enforced by local directors of health. Local police departments and the state shellfish police shall assist to effectively prevent the harvesting of shellfish in classified areas which are closed to shellfishing when requested by a local director of health.
(1949 Rev., S. 4191; P.A. 76-84, S. 4; P.A. 89-321, S. 7, 12.)
History: P.A. 76-84 removed reference to Sec. 19-56 and required assistance in enforcement by local police and state shellfish police when requested by local health directors; Sec. 19-58 transferred to Sec. 19a-100 in 1983; P.A. 89-321 made technical changes related to the transfer of authority for the regulation of shellfishing from the department of health services to the department of agriculture; Sec. 19a-100 transferred to Sec. 26-192g in 1991.
See Sec. 26-192i for definition of “shellfish”.
See Sec. 26-206 re shellfish police.
