Conn. Agencies Regs. § 26-142a-7a - Species - area limitations
(a)
American
shad
(1) In the inland district
American shad shall not be taken except as provided by section
26-112-45(b)
of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and American shad may be taken
with nets for commercial purposes only in the main body of the Connecticut
River from the I-95 highway bridge in Old Saybrook-Old Lyme to the William H.
Putnam Memorial Bridge on Route 3, Glastonbury-Wethersfield.
(2) In the marine district the following
restrictions shall apply to the taking of American shad:
(A) shad shall not be netted between lines
drawn south in Long Island Sound to the New York State line from Menunketesuck
Point, Westbrook and from Hatchett Point, Old Lyme except with seines, pounds
and gill nets.
(B) the taking of
shad by commercial fishing methods is prohibited in the Pawcatuck River
upstream from a line drawn southerly from the southern extremity of Pawcatuck
Point to the Connecticut-Rhode Island State line.
(b)
Alewives and Blueback
(Glut or River) Herring
(1) Alewives
and blueback herring shall not be taken in the inland district except as
provided by section
26-112-45(a)
of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and may be taken with nets for
commercial purposes only in the main body of the Connecticut River from the
I-95 highway bridge in Old Saybrook-Old Lyme to the William H. Putnam Memorial
Bridge on Route 3 in Glastonbury-Wethersfield, in the main body of the
Housatonic River from Route 1 upstream to the Derby electric plant below Derby
Dam, in the main body of the Quinnipiac River from the bridge on Route 17, New
Haven to the bridge on Route 22, North Haven, and the main body of the Thames
River which lies within the inland district and which is subject to tidal
fluctuation.
(2) Alewives and
blueback herring shall not be taken in the marine district from Saturday night
12:00 midnight to Tuesday night 12:00 midnight except in those portions of the
main body of the Connecticut River, the main body of the Housatonic River, and
the main body of the Thames River lying south of the inland district
demarcation line.
(c)
White Perch, Catfish species and Yellow Perch: In the inland
district, and subject to the provisions of sections
26-176
and
26-181 of
the General Statutes and section
26-142a-4(b)
of these regulations, white perch, catfish species and yellow perch may be
taken for commercial purposes only in (1) the Connecticut River, its coves and
flood waters from the I-95 highway bridge in Old Saybrook-Old Lyme to Whalebone
Creek range light number forty but not including Hamburg Cove and the Eight
Mile River in the township of Lyme eastward of a north-south line extending
through the red nun channel marker at the entrance to Hamburg Cove and the
Eight Mile River and not including Whalebone Creek or Hadlyme cove in the
township of Lyme and (2) the Thames River, its coves and flood waters from 500
feet north of the I-95 bridge, New London to the Mohegan-Pequot Bridge,
Montville-Preston.
Notes
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