Sec. 26-192k. Shellfish relay from restricted relay grounds. Tag identification information confidential. Code re harvest location.
Sec. 26-192k. Shellfish relay from restricted relay grounds. Tag identification
information confidential. Code re harvest location. (a) The Department of Agriculture shall allow the relay of shellfish from shellfish grounds classified as restricted relay
to other grounds in accordance with the National Shellfish Sanitation Program Model
Ordinance, as amended from time to time, regarding restricted shellfish relay. The department shall allow the harvest of shellfish from shellfish grounds classified as approved for market on the same day using the same vessel, provided the harvester first
harvests the approved market product and lands the product to shore. A harvester shall
not begin the relay of shellfish from shellfish grounds classified as restricted relay until
all shellfish harvested first from approved market grounds, in market quantities, have
been removed from the vessel. Such harvester shall not begin such relay until after the
harvester has notified the Department of Environmental Protection of such relay. The
harvester shall provide all information required by the Department of Agriculture regarding shellfish relays to the Department of Environmental Protection at the time of
such notification. For the remainder of the day, the harvester shall not harvest approved
market shellfish after beginning such relay.
(b) All tag identification information regarding shellfish harvest locations shall be
confidential, provided the harvester of the shellfish marks the tag with a unique code
corresponding to the shellfish harvest location. The Department of Agriculture shall
provide such harvester and the Department of Environmental Protection with a written
code key detailing the harvest location and corresponding code to be used by the harvester.
(P.A. 06-116, S. 2; P.A. 07-74, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 06-116 effective June 2, 2006; P.A. 07-74 amended Subsec. (b) to delete requirement that harvester
provide Department of Agriculture with written code key and add provision requiring department to provide harvester
with code key, effective May 30, 2007.