2005
Recreational Marine Fisheries Regulations |
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Effective:
August 5, 2005
PLEASE CHECK FOR UPDATES - Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection |
Winter
Flounder
Minimum length: 12 inches
Daily creel limit:
8 fish per angler
Season: Open Year Round
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Summer
Flounder (Fluke)
Minimum length: 17 inches
Daily creel
limit: 6 fish per angler
Season: Open Year
Round |
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Striped Bass
ALL ANGLERS
Minimum length:
28 inches
Daily creel limit: 2 fish per angler
Season:
Open Year Round |
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Bluefish
Minimum length: None
Daily
creel limit: 10 fish per angler
(Including
"snappers")
Season: Open Year Round |
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Hickory
Shad / American Shad
Minimum length: None
Daily
creel limit: 6 fish per angler
(Both species in
aggregate)
Season: Open Year Round |
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Blackfish (Tautog)
Minimum
length: 14 inches
Daily creel limit: 4 fish per
angler
Season: Open January 1 - April
30,
June 15 - September 7
and
September 22 - December 13 |
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Weakfish (Sea
Trout)
Minimum length: 16 inches
Daily
creel limit: 10 fish
Season: Open Year
Round |
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EFFECTIVE May
24, 2004
Scup
(Porgy)
Minimum length: 10
1/2 inches
Daily creel limit: 20 fish per angler
Season:
Open July 23 - October
12
and Nov 1 - Dec 31 |
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White Perch
Minimum
length: 7 inches
Daily creel limit: 30 fish per
angler
Season: Open Year Round |
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Black Sea Bass
Minimum length: 12
inches
Daily creel limit: 25 fish per angler
Season: Open January 1 - September
7
and
September 22 - November 30 |
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American Eel
Minimum length: 6 inches
Daily creel limit: 50
fish per angler
Season: Open Year Round |
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Atlantic
Cod / Haddock
Minimum length: 23
inches
Daily creel limit:
10
Cod per angler
No creel limit on
Haddock
No creel limit on Party/Charter
vessels Season:
Open Year Round |
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Pollock
Minimum length: 19 inches
Daily
creel limit: None
Season: Open Year
Round |
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Blue
Crab
Minimum shell width
(Spike tip to spike
tip):
5 inches - Hard shell
3
1/2 inches - Soft shell
Daily creel limit: None
Season:
May 1 - November 30 |
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