Sec. 26-46. Reciprocal fishing privileges in borderline waters. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 26-46. Reciprocal fishing privileges in borderline waters. If and when the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts or the state of Rhode Island enacts a similar law granting reciprocal privileges to residents of this state, any person who holds a license to fish in the state of New York, the state of Massachusetts or the state of Rhode Island may fish in waters lying partly in this state and partly in such adjoining state, or in such waters as negotiated by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection of this state and any similar authority in such adjoining state, without a nonresident license to fish as required by this chapter; provided such nonresidents shall be subject to all other provisions of the statutes and the regulations of the commissioner relating to fishing in lakes and ponds.

      (1957, P.A. 318, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 241.)

      History: 1971 act replaced references to board and its director with references to environmental protection commissioner.