Description: Point data representing the approximate geographical location of permitted Aquaculture Operations (shellfish and seaweed).
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Polygon data is based on the permitted aquaculture gear areas (shellfish and seaweed).
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture shellfish area town jurisdiction polygons.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Polygon data representing State and Town Natural Beds. Natural beds cannot be leased or subdivided; they are to remain open to any properly licensed shellfishers.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Polygon data representing municipally managed beds. Town beds are leased, owned or managed through the local shellfish commission. Towns may require additional local permits to work in waters under local jurisdiction. Branford Initiative Licenses (BIL) and the beds north of the line in Westport, Milford, West Haven, and New Haven are under state control. Town natural beds were defined by law under section 2326 of the CGS of 1888.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Polygon data representing state managed beds.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Polygon data representing Town Recreational Shellfish beds. The jurisdiction line on the charts indicates the boundary between state and town jurisdictional control over shellfish grounds.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Polygon data representing existing permitted gear areas for seaweed operations. These beds include state and municipally managed beds.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Point data representing locations of DOAG water quality monitoring stations used for the purpose of shellfish growing area classification
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Point data representing locations of coastal marinas in Connecticut used for shellfish growing area classification purposes.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Point data representing locations of Shellfish area demarcation and shellfish status (open/closed) signs and Navigational Buoys. Note this data may not be up-to-date.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Polygon data representing the Connecticut shellfish growing area classifications. Approved areas are safe for the direct marketing or consumption of shellfish. Conditionally approved areas are safe for the direct, marketing or consumption of shellfish when the area is in the open status. Restricted and Prohibited areas are not approved for the direct, marketing or consumption of shellfish. Any shellfish area, regardless of classification, may be temporarily closed to all activities when a potential public health emergency exists as a result of a storm event, flooding, sewage, chemical, or petroleum discharges, or a hazardous algal bloom.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Line data representing the Connecticut shellfish growing area classifications. Approved areas are safe for the direct marketing or consumption of shellfish. Conditionally approved areas are safe for the direct, marketing or consumption of shellfish when the area is in the open status. Restricted and Prohibited areas are not approved for the direct, marketing or consumption of shellfish. Any shellfish area, regardless of classification, may be temporarily closed to all activities when a potential public health emergency exists as a result of a storm event, flooding, sewage, chemical, or petroleum discharges, or a hazardous algal bloom.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.
Description: Point data representing locations of DOAG permitted inland fish hatcheries.
Copyright Text: Please credit the Connecticut Department of Agriculture/ Bureau of Agriculture and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection if using this data in any published form. Connecticut Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aquaculture (DABA). Mailing address: P.O. Box 97, Milford, CT, 06460, USA. Voice: 203-874-0696. Fax: 203-783-9976. email: agri.aquaculture@ct.gov.