Sec. 26-192k. Shellfish relay from restricted relay grounds. Tag identification information confidential. Code re harvest location. - Connecticut Statutes

      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.