Connecticut Seafood Advisory Council
The department is currently in the process of filling appointments and meetings will convene once a quorum has been established.
2019 Meeting Schedule
January 17, 2019
March 21, 2019
May 16, 2019
July 18, 2019
September 19, 2019
November 21, 2019
2019 Meeting Agendas and Minutes:
The July 18, 2019 meeting has been cancelled.
The May 16, 2019 meeting has been cancelled.
The March 21, 2019 meeting has been cancelled.
The January 17, 2019 meeting has been cancelled.
2018 Meeting Agendas and Minutes:
2017 Meeting Agendas and Minutes:
The September 14, 2017 meeting has been cancelled.
The July 13, 2017 meeting has been cancelled.
The May 11, 2017 meeting has been cancelled.
The March 9, 2017 meeting was cancelled.
2016 Meeting Agendas and Minutes:
October 27, 2016 Draft Minutes
The September 29, 2016 meeting was cancelled.
The July 21, 2016 meeting was cancelled.
May 19, 2016 meeting was cancelled.
The March 17 meeting is rescheduled to April, date TBD.
October 13, 2015 DRAFT Minutes
The September 17, 2015 meeting was cancelled.
The July 16, 2015 meeting was cancelled.
The May 21, 2015 meeting was cancelled.
The March 19, 2015 meeting was not held.
2014 Meeting Agendas and Minutes:
October 7, 2014 - Meeting Cancelled
Sec. 22-455. Connecticut Seafood Advisory Council. Membership. There is established a Connecticut Seafood Advisory Council to assist in the promotion of Connecticut seafood products and examine market opportunities. The advisory council shall consist of one freshwater fish producer appointed by the Governor, two finfish, shellfish or lobster harvesters or representatives of harvester organizations appointed one each by the speaker and majority leader of the House of Representatives, two finfish, shellfish or lobster processors or representatives of processor organizations appointed one each by the minority leaders of the Senate and House of Representatives, one retailer serving restaurants or representing a restaurant organization appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, one member at-large appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, and four nonvoting members one of whom shall represent the Department of Environmental Protection, one the Department of Economic and Community Development and one the Department of Agriculture and one the Sea Grant Program at The University of Connecticut. The advisory council shall be within the Department of Agriculture.
Sec. 22-457. Council authorized to use available funds and to enter into contracts. The Connecticut Seafood Advisory Council may utilize federal, state or other available funds, and may enter into contracts in order to carry out the purposes of section 22-455.