Sec. 26-105. Lake Wononscopomuc sanctuary. Limited hunting.
Sec. 26-105. Lake Wononscopomuc sanctuary. Limited hunting. No person
shall hunt, take, kill or attempt to kill any duck, goose, brant, swan or other waterfowl
or shore bird or wader protected by law, resting on or flying over the waters of Lake
Wononscopomuc, or kill or attempt to kill any such bird within a distance of five hundred
feet from the water level of said lake except that when in the opinion of the first selectman
and the conservation commission, waterfowl have reached numbers that are considered
a nuisance or threaten to affect adversely the quality of the water of said lake, the chief
executive officer of the town of Salisbury, acting as the issuing agent of the Department
of Environmental Protection, may issue permits to hunt such waterfowl. Any person
violating this section shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned
not more than thirty days or both. The commissioner or any agent of the department
may, within the discretion of said commissioner, take and kill wild animals or birds in
or above said waters which the commissioner determines to be destructive of any wildlife
protected by the provisions of this chapter.
(1953, S. 2553d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 291; P.A. 75-325.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to board of fisheries and game and its agents with references to environmental
protection commissioner and agents of environmental protection department; P.A. 75-325 increased distance which hunters
of waterfowl must be from water level of lake from 200 to 500 feet and added exception for situations where waterfowl
are so numerous as to threaten lake's water quality.