Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
Fishing
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Emergency Fishery Closure is in effect for Alewife and Blueback Herring. Read on for more information.
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Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Striped Bass
Read the Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Striped Bass.
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Typically the most abundant fish species in larger rivers, the spottail shiner is a very important forage fish.
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The burbot is the only completely freshwater member of the cod family. Little is known of its life history in Connecticut.
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Learn about Shortnose Sturgeon - an endangered fish species in Connecticut and federally.
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Learn how the Connecticut Fisheries Division monitors lobster populations in Long Island Sound.
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Information and regulations for saltwater fishing in Connecticut.
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Learn about the Fisheries Division's important stream habitat restoration projects that are supporting our native fisheries.
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Gizzard shad were first observed in Connecticut during the late 1970s, apparently the result of a natural range expansion.
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Trophy Fish Award Program
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Atlantic salmon were extirpated from the Connecticut River and, despite extensive restoration efforts, self-sustaining runs do not occur.
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Blueback herring and alewives are so similar that the color of the gut lining (peritoneum) is the only sure way to tell them apart.
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The banded sunfish is listed as a Connecticut State Threatened Species. Their small size makes them vulnerable to predation by bass and other large gamefish, so they thrive only in protected, backwater areas.
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Adorned with an armament of long, sharp spines, white perch are difficult for both anglers and predators to handle.
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Although relatively feeble fighters on rod and reel, walleye are an esteemed game and food fish throughout their range.