I believe the whole fishery is closed to new entries . It is open to those that have held a license in the past , specifically the years of the early 90s.
For just a commercial license and boat reg fee as a commercial vessel the process is not economically viable unless you participate in additional fisheries like fish trap or pin hooking.

Here is a link to the full regs.:

http://www.ct.gov/deep/lib/deep/fishing/saltwater/marinecirc.pdf