Taking of clams and oysters in Stonington

(a) The board of selectmen in the town of Stonington may prohibit the taking of clams and oysters from such portions of the town waters as it designates from time to time, for a period not exceeding one year at a time, and may designate the manner in which clams and oysters may be taken and the size and the amount and may provide for licenses for such taking and, in connection therewith, adopt reasonable regulations and fix license and permit fees. When said board designates any place or places in said town waters from which the taking of oysters and clams is to be prohibited or designates a changed manner in which clams and oysters may or may not be taken, or adopts, rescinds or amends any regulation or license or permit fee, it shall cause to be published, in a newspaper having a circulation in said town, a notice describing the place or places upon which such prohibition is to be operative or the manner in which oysters or clams may or may not be taken, or the regulation, license or permit fee adopted, rescinded or amended, and shall post copies of such notices upon the shores of the town waters. No person shall take any oysters or clams from any grounds from which the taking of the same has been prohibited during the time of such prohibition nor in any manner in violation of any such designation or regulation. (b) Said board of selectmen may designate special officers for the enforcement of this section, whose compensation shall be determined by the board of selectmen. All moneys collected under the provisions of this section shall be paid to the board of selectmen and used by it for protection and propagation of escallops, oysters and clams and other shellfish in the waters of the town of Stonington. (c) Any person who violates any provision of this section or any regulation adopted pursuant to this section shall be fined not more than two hundred fifty dollars, and upon conviction the court may order that a permit shall not be issued to such person to take clams or oysters from the waters of the town of Stonington for one year.