Connecticut § 26-176 Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 26-176 — Restrictions on type of fishing at certain points on Connecticut, Mystic and Thames Rivers, Niantic Bay and North Cove in Old Saybrook.

Connecticut § 26-176

Title 26Fisheries and Game

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 26-176 (2026).

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No person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the waters of the Thames River or Niantic Bay above the bridges of the Penn-Central Railroad Company or from the waters of the Mystic River or from the waters of the Connecticut River easterly of a straight line extending northerly from the westerly tip of Griswold Spit to the easterly abutment of the bridge of the Penn-Central Railroad Company over the Connecticut River in the town of Old Lyme, by means of any otter or beam trawl or any device of a similar nature, or by use of any gill net and no person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the waters of North Cove in Old Saybrook by means of any otter or beam trawl or any similar device.

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No person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the waters of the Thames River or Niantic Bay above the bridges of the Penn-Central Railroad Company or from the waters of the Mystic River or from the waters of the Connecticut River easterly of a straight line extending northerly from the westerly tip of Griswold Spit to the easterly abutment of the bridge of the Penn-Central Railroad Company over the Connecticut River in the town of Old Lyme, by means of any otter or beam trawl or any device of a similar nature, or by use of any gill net and no person shall take or attempt to take any fish from the waters of North Cove in Old Saybrook by means of any otter or beam trawl or any similar device.

Legislative History

(1949 Rev., S. 4990; P.A. 74-134, S. 1, 2.) History: P.A. 74-134 substituted Penn-Central Railroad Company for New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company and prohibited use of otter or beam trawl and similar devices in waters of North Cove, Old Saybrook.