(a) The commissioner may designate certain areas of water in or near the mouth or entrance of any stream or estuary within which area no person shall use any purse net, beam or otter trawl, or pound or trap net.

(b) No person may use any otter trawl in any waters shoreward of the following described line: From the southern extremity of Stonington Point, Stonington; to the east end of the Stonington inner breakwater; follow the breakwater; from the west end of the breakwater to Wamphassuc Point. From the southern extremity of Dodge's Island, Stonington to the southern extremity of Ender's Island, Stonington; straight line to the southern extremity of Mason Point, Stonington; from the southerly extremity of Ram Point, Stonington straight line to the southern extremity of Morgan Point, Groton; from the entrance to Venetian Harbor, Groton to the southern extremity of Mumford Point, Groton; from the western extremity of Bushy Point Beach, Groton to the southern extremity of Avery Point, Groton; from the western extremity of Eastern Point, Groton, to the Old New London Harbor Lighthouse, New London; from the southern extremity of Magonk Point, Waterford; to the southern extremity of Millstone Point, Waterford; to the one fathom contour of Niantic Bay, thence to the southwest extremity of Black Point, East Lyme straight line to Buoy C-5 at Seal Rock, East Lyme; thence to the southern extremity of Lands End, East Lyme; thence to the mouth of the Three Mile River, Old Lyme; straight line to Hatchett Point, Old Lyme; straight line from Hatchett Point, Old Lyme to Hawk's Nest Beach Point, Old Lyme. From the eastern extremity of Griswold Point, Old Lyme to Buoy 2 Old Saybrook Channel Entrance to Buoy 1 Old Saybrook; thence to the southern extremity of Old Saybrook Point. From Cornfield Point, Old Saybrook to the mouth of the Oyster River, Old Saybrook; straight line to Chapman Point, Old Lyme; straight line to Old Kelsey Point, Westbrook, from Money Point, Westbrook to Lobster Rock, Westbrook; from Lobster Rock, Westbrook to Buoy 3 Westbrook mouth of the Menunketesuck River; from Buoy 3 Westbrook to Kelsey Point, Clinton; to Hammonasset Point, Madison. From Hogshead Point, Madison to the southern extremity of Grass Island, Guilford; to the southern extremity of Mulberry Point, Guilford; to the southern extremity of Vineyard Point, Guilford; to the southern extremity of Outer Island, Branford; to the southern extremity of Haycock Point, Branford; from Haycock Point, Branford to the northeast extremity of Spectacle Island, Branford; from the southwest extremity of Spectacle Island, Branford to the flag pole at Mansfield Point, Branford; from the flag pole at Mansfield Point, Branford to the southern extremity of South End, East Haven; to the southern extremity of Morgan Point, East Haven to the southwest ledge on the east breakwater, New Haven; to the Luddington Rock breakwater to the west breakwater light in West Haven; to Oyster River Point, West Haven; to the southern extremity of Merwin Point, Milford to the southern extremity of Pond Point, Milford; to Welch's Point, Milford; to Buoy 7 Milford Outer Harbor; from Buoy 7 Milford Outer Harbor to Buoy 5 to the northwest corner of Charles Island, Milford; from the northwest corner of Charles Island, Milford to the southwest corner of Charles Island, Milford; to the south end of the outer breakwater at the Housatonic River to the southern extremity of Stratford Point, Stratford and Point No Point, Stratford. From Point No Point, Stratford to the southerly end of the east breakwater at Pleasure Beach, Bridgeport; to the south end of the west breakwater at Seaside Park, Bridgeport; to Buoy 4 Black Rock Harbor, Bridgeport. From Buoy 4 Black Rock Harbor, Bridgeport to Pine Creek Point, Fairfield; from Pine Creek Point, Fairfield to Buoy 4 Southport Harbor, Fairfield; from Buoy 4 to the southern extremity of Frost Point, Westport; to the southern extremity of Sherwood Point, Westport; to the southern point of Cedar Point, Westport; to Buoy 1 Georges Rock, Westport; to Buoy 2 Cockenoe Shoal; to Buoy 24 Westport to Buoy 24-B Norwalk; to Buoy 3 Darien Five Mile River Entrance; to the Fish Island Buoy, Darien; to Long Neck Point, Darien. From Long Neck Point, Darien to Buoy 2 Cove Rocks, Stamford; to the southeast extremity of Shippan Point, Stamford; from the southwest extremity of Shippan Point, Stamford to the east end of the breakwater, Stamford Harbor; from the west end of the breakwater, Stamford Harbor to Buoy C-1 Greenwich South Reef; to Buoy 3 Greenwich Harbor Entrance; to the northeast extremity of Great Captain's Island, Greenwich; from the southwest extremity of Great Captain's Island, Greenwich to Byram Point.

(1949 Rev., S. 4966; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 324; P.A. 74-348, S. 7, 11; P.A. 80-255; P.A. 81-202, S. 1, 2.)

History: 1971 act replaced reference to board of fisheries and game with reference to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 74-348 prohibited use of pound or trap net in designated areas; P.A. 80-255 added Subsec. (b) specifying boundaries of area where use of otter trawl is prohibited; P.A. 81-202 amended Subsec. (b) by changing the boundaries within which otter trawls are prohibited in area from Waterford to Stonington.