Sec. 26-288. Escallops.
Sec. 26-288. Escallops. No person shall have in his possession any escallops other
than adult escallops. For the purpose of this section, an adult escallop is defined as an
escallop having a well-defined growth line. All seed escallops taken shall be immediately
returned alive to waters having a depth of at least three feet at mean low tide, except
that the selectmen of any town bordering on Long Island Sound may, on application,
authorize such escallops to be removed and transplanted in waters along the sound. No
person shall take any escallops from the first day of April to the first day of October or
from sunset to sunrise, except that in the waters of Little Narragansett Bay no person
shall take any escallops from the first day of April to the fifteenth day of September or
from sunset to sunrise. No person shall use any rake, dredge, drag or other device which
may be drawn along the surface of the bottom, except a device such as a scoop net which
is attached to a pole and has an opening not more than sixteen inches wide and is used
manually by the person engaged in taking escallops. No person shall open and return
to the water the shell and entrails of any escallops after the eye or muscle has been
removed, nor shall any starfish taken from the waters be returned thereto. Any person
who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than fifty dollars or
imprisoned not more than sixty days or both.
(1949 Rev., S. 5092; September, 1950, S. 2566d; 1957, P.A. 32; P.A. 99-169, S. 5, 7.)
History: P.A. 99-169 deleted a restriction on nonresidents' ability to take escallops from waters of this state, effective
June 23, 1999.