A seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper may possess and sell lobsters less than the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's American Lobster Fishery Management Plan Lobster Management Area 6 minimum legal length, as defined in regulations adopted pursuant to section 26-157c, provided: (1) Such lobsters are not taken from said Lobster Management Area 6 waters or landed in this state, regardless of where such lobsters were taken, (2) such lobsters are not less than the minimum legal length in effect in the waters of the lobster management area or nation of origin where taken and not less than three and one-quarter inches carapace length regardless of where taken, (3) such lobsters are not bartered, exchanged, sold or offered for sale to retail consumers in this state, and (4) such seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper in possession of such lobsters possesses a manifest, bill of lading, invoice, purchase order or other written documentation identifying the state, lobster management area or nation of origin, as applicable, where such lobsters were received, the number of such lobsters received that are less than said Lobster Management Area 6 minimum legal length and the date such lobsters were received. Such documentation shall be retained by the seafood dealer, wholesaler or shipper for a period of six months from the date such lobsters were received and shall be made available to law enforcement officers upon request.

(P.A. 06-187, S. 51.)

History: P.A. 06-187 effective May 26, 2006.