LEGAL NOTICE
CLOSURE OF SEED OYSTER BEDS
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1, 2016
WESTPORT, CT
Pursuant to Section IV (A) of the Westport Commercial Oystering Regulations, notice is hereby given that the Westport Shellfish Commission is closing the Westport Seed Oyster beds, not including those oyster beds leased by the state to commercial oysterers, from December 1, 2016 to May 15, 2017; such jurisdictional boundary is shown on said map and is described as follows:
Description of Natural Oyster, Clam and Mussel Beds in Town Jurisdiction, as defined by decrees of the Superior Court (See Section 2326, General Statues 1888) and town Special Act 1913, Page 993: “No oyster grounds within the meridian boundaries of the Town of Westport, northerly of the state jurisdiction line, shall be deemed to be a natural bed unless included in one of the following described tracts: Tract No. 1, a natural oyster and clam bed comprising all areas of ground in the waters of Saugatuck River and harbor within lines drawn as follows: Commencing at the signal of the United States Coast and Geodetic survey know as canal, in latitude 41º 03’ 58.83” and longitude 78º 22’ 26.19”, and from said signal running northeasterly in line with the north end of Kits Island to high water mark on the easterly shore of Saugatuck River; thence following high water mark northerly along the east shore of Saugatuck River to the head of tide water in said river; and thence southerly along high water mark along the west shore of said river to the place of beginning. Said oyster and clam bed is Marked “A” on a map entitled Map of Oyster Grounds in the Town of Westport on file in the office of the Shellfish Commission. Tract No. 2, a certain natural oyster and clam bed marked “B” on said map, comprising all areas of ground within the following lines and bounds: Commencing at the northeasterly corner of lot No. 301W, at Cedar Point, as shown on the maps of the Shellfish Commission, and running thence northeasterly to the westerly corner of No. 426-W; thence northeasterly to the northerly corner of lot No. 429-W; thence easterly to the westerly corner of lot No. 429-W; thence northeasterly to the northerly corner of lot No. 429-W; thence northerly to the northwesterly corner of lot No. 401-W; thence northerly to the westerly corner of lot No. 408-W; thence northeasterly to the northerly corner of said lot No. 408-W; thence southeasterly to the easterly corner of said lot No. 408-W; thence southerly to the northwesterly corner of lot No. 409-W; thence southeasterly along the northerly line of Nos. 409-W, 410-W, and 411-W, and the extension of said last above described line to high water mark near Sherwood’s Point; thence northwesterly along Sherwood’s Point to the tide mill dam; thence westerly along said dam; thence southerly and westerly along and around Hill’s Point to the place of beginning at Cedar Point. The oyster lots referred to are shown on the maps of the Shellfish Commission accompanying the report of the Shellfish Commission for 1912. Tract No. 8, a natural oyster and clam bed marked “C” on said map, and comprising of all areas of ground inside and north of the state commissioner’s line between Sherwood’s Point on the west and Farms Point on the east, said state commissioner’s line being a line drawn from the most southerly point of Sherwood’s Point, at high water mark, to the most southerly point of Farms Point, at high water mark. Tract No. 4, a natural oyster and clam bed, marked “D” on said map and comprising all areas of ground inside and north of the state commissioners’ line, between Farms Point on the west and the town line between Westport and Fairfield on the east. Said bed is bounded as follows: Beginning at a bound erected at high water mark on Farms Point; thence running easterly along said state commissioners’ line, which line is drawn from Farms Point to Pine Creek Point, to the Town line between Westport and Fairfield; thence following said meridian line to the center of Sasco Creek bridge; thence southerly and westerly along high water mark to the point of beginning.
