Fish & G. Code, § 8250.5 · Article 5. Lobster
Fish & G. Code, § 8250.5
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 9000) of Chapter 4, a lobster trap, as described in Section 9010, may be used to take lobster for commercial purposes under a lobster permit issued pursuant to Section 8254.
(b) The following species may be taken incidentally in lobster traps being fished under the authority of a lobster permit issued pursuant to Section 8254, and any other species taken incidentally shall be immediately released back to the water:
(1) Crab, other than Dungeness crab.
(2) Kellet’s whelk.
(3) Octopus.
(c) Spiny lobsters taken in the manner commonly known as skindiving or by a person using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus shall not be sold.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 119. Effective January 1, 2008.
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