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Sound Clam Status
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New London

No program found

No recreational shellfishing program or public area found. Don’t harvest without asking. See the town page.

Phone-only town. Last checked: not available online.

Hotline — call before you goNo town status hotline: we found no recreational program. This is the CT DoAg Bureau of Aquaculture (Milford), which classifies the waters. Ask before harvesting anywhere203-874-0696

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Health warning. Beds can close at any time for red tide / biotoxins (PSP), Vibrio risk, sewage or other emergency and administrative closures. Eating raw or undercooked shellfish carries risk. CT DoAg ↗
No warranty. Information here is provided as-is, without warranty of any kind, and may be out of date or wrong. We accept no liability for any harvest decision. The official hotline and town rules govern. Disclosures

Areas & maps

NO RECREATIONAL PROGRAM FOUND. New London is not on the state's recreational hotlines & maps list and is not in the state-referenced 2020 recreational shellfishing guide, and the state's Aquaculture Mapping Atlas shows no town recreational shellfish bed in New London. CLOSED: the state reclassified ALL New London waters as Prohibited, effective May 1, 2025 (CT DoAg classification change notice). The atlas also shows only Prohibited water in New London. Recreational harvest is only legal in Approved or open Conditionally Approved areas, never in leased or franchised beds. Do not harvest here unless the town or the state tells you a specific area is open to the public.

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Permits & fees

Recreational permitNo recreational program or permit found on official pages — nothing to buy that we know of. Call before you go

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Limits by species

LimitsNone published: no recreational area found

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Season & hours

No recreational season published. Statewide, harvest is allowed only in Approved or Conditionally Approved areas that are open, and never in leased or franchised beds.

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Rain closure rules

No recreational (rain-triggered) area to close. Statewide, any area closed for rain or sewage stays closed at least 7 days and reopens only after satisfactory state testing.

Source ↗ · Connecticut rain & how-to guide →

Where to buy a permit

Nothing to buy: no recreational permit found. If you want to clam nearby, see the neighbouring town pages on this site.

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Notes & sources

Sources: state hotlines & maps list (https://portal.ct.gov/doag/aquaculture/recreational-hotlines-and-maps); UConn Sea Grant 2020 guide that the state page points to (https://seagrant.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1985/2021/11/CTSG.2020.SHELLFISH.GUIDE_.ACCESSIBLE1_final-1.pdf); CT DoAg Aquaculture Mapping Atlas (https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/83d197010c7f4d5e8bf91ff4b1d877dc), classification and recreational-bed layers, last edited Mar 27, 2026, read Oct 23, 2026. Researched Oct 23, 2026.

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