California

Fish and Game Code - FGC

2,297 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 7861.5 — In consultation with the Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee, the department may allocate funds from the Commercial Salmon Stamp Dedicated Subaccount in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund f
• § 7862 — A Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee shall be established consisting of six members selected by the director.
• § 7862.5 — (a) The Commercial Salmon Trollers Advisory Committee established under Section 7862 may recommend to the director that a nonprofit organization or the California Salmon Council be authorized to creat
• § 7863 — This article shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2029, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2029, deletes or extends that date.
• § 7880 — (a) A person owning or operating a vessel used in connection with fishing operations for profit who has been issued a commercial boat registration pursuant to Section 7881 shall display, for the purpo
• § 7881 — (a) Every person who owns or operates a vessel in public waters in connection with fishing operations for profit in this state, or who brings fish into this state, or who, for profit, permits persons
• § 7891 — The law relating to the subject of control of fishing in state waters when delivery is to points beyond state waters was adopted as an initiative measure at the General Election of November 8, 1938.
• § 7892 — The department shall issue to any person owning or operating an aircraft used in connection with commercial fishing operations in this state an aircraft registration for that aircraft.
• § 79 — “Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive.
• § 7920 — The owner of any boat or vessel who, for profit, permits any person to take fish, shall procure a commercial passenger fishing boat license.
• § 7921 — The base fee for a commercial passenger fishing vessel license is two hundred fifty dollars ($250) in the 2004 license year, which shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713.
• § 7923 — The holder of a license shall keep a true record in the English language of all fish taken, and shall comply with such regulations as the commission may prescribe.
• § 7924 — Licenses issued under this article are subject to forfeiture, suspension, or revocation for a violation of Section 7121 and for any offense for which a commercial fishing license may be forfeited, sus
• § 7925 — (a) If a commercial passenger fishing boat is used to take salmon or has salmon aboard in ocean waters north of Point Arguello, there shall be on board that vessel a total number of commercial fishing
• § 8 — The present tense includes the past and future tenses, and the future, the present.
• § 80 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, a provision of this code that applies to a whole animal also applies to a part of the animal.
• § 8010 — The department shall: (a) Gather and prepare data of the commercial fisheries, showing particularly the extent of the fisheries and the extent to which the various species abound.
• § 8022 — (a) (1) The landing receipts, reports, or other records filed with the department pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 7700) to Article 7.
• § 8025 — (a) The commission, upon recommendation of the department, may suspend or revoke the commercial fishing privileges of any fisherman or the license of any person required to be licensed under Article 7
• § 8026 — (a) The commission may require the owner and operator of a commercial fishing vessel, the holder of a commercial fishing license or permit, and the owner and licenseholder of a commercial passenger fi
• § 8030 — Any person who engages in any business for profit involving fish shall be licensed pursuant to this article, except as follows: (a) A commercial fisherman who sells fish only to persons licensed under
• § 8031 — (a) The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (1) “Process fish” means any activity for profit of preserving or preparing fish for sale or delivery to other than the ultimate
• § 8032 — (a) A multifunction commercial fish business license shall be issued that authorizes any or all activities described in Section 8033, 8034, 8035, or 8036.
• § 8032.5 — Unless otherwise specified, all of the following conditions apply to each commercial fish business license, permit, or other entitlement pursuant to this article: (a) An application for a commercial f
• § 8033 — (a) Except as provided in Section 8033.
• § 8033.1 — (a) Any person engaged in any of the following activities involving species identified in subdivision (b) of Section 8597 shall obtain a nontransferable marine aquaria receiver’s license: (1) A person
• § 8033.2 — The annual fee for the marine aquaria receiver’s license is one thousand three hundred seventy-three dollars ($1,373).
• § 8033.5 — (a) Any commercial fisherman who sells fish for other than marine aquaria pet trade or research purposes that he or she has taken to the ultimate consumer of that fish shall obtain a fisherman’s retai
• § 8034 — (a) Any person who processes fish for profit shall obtain a fish processor’s license.
• § 8035 — (a) Except for a person exempt under Section 8030, any person who, for the purpose of resale to other than the ultimate consumer, purchases or obtains fish from another person, who is required to be l
• § 8036 — (a) Any person who purchases or receives fish that are taken outside of this state and brought into this state by a person who is not a licensed commercial fisherman, for the purpose of resale to othe
• § 8037 — (a) A person who engages in business involving fish which business activity would require more than one class of license under this article shall obtain either a commercial fish business license issue
• § 8038 — A license issued under this article is valid from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, or, if issued after the beginning of that term, for the remainder thereof.
• § 8039 — The fees specified in this article are applicable to the 2004 license year and shall be adjusted annually thereafter pursuant to Section 713.
• § 8040 — The following definitions govern the construction of this article.
• § 8041 — (a) The following persons shall pay the landing fee determined pursuant to Section 8042: (1) Any person who is required to be licensed as a fish receiver, and any person who is licensed before January
• § 8042 — The amount of the landing fee under this article shall be determined by multiplying the fee rate for the type of fish delivered by a commercial fisherman in this state in accordance with the schedule
• § 8043 — (a) The following persons shall report all fish sales, deliveries, transfers, and landings using an electronic fish ticket as prescribed pursuant to regulations adopted by the commission: (1) A person
• § 8043.1 — (a) A person required to be licensed as a marine aquaria receiver shall make a legible, true, and complete record of the landing receipts on a form and in a manner prescribed by the department.
• § 8043.2 — (a) A commercial fisherman licensed pursuant to Section 8033.
• § 8046 — (a) The electronic fish ticket made under Section 8043 shall be submitted to the department within three business days of the landing unless otherwise specified in regulations.
• § 8046.1 — In addition to the requirements of Section 8046, any person landing groundfish subject to federal groundfish regulations adopted pursuant to the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act (16 U.
• § 8047 — (a) (1) An original printed signed hard copy of the electronic fish ticket as required by Section 8043 or landing receipt as required by Section 8043.
• § 8050 — (a) In addition to the receipt required by Section 8043, every person licensed under Article 7 (commencing with Section 8030), and any commercial fisherman who sells fish to persons who are not licens
• § 8051 — (a) The landing fee imposed pursuant to Section 8041 shall be determined pursuant to Section 8042 by using the fee rates in the following schedule, as adjusted pursuant to subdivision (b): Rate per po
• § 8051.4 — (a) The landing fee collected pursuant to former Section 8051.
• § 8052 — Landing fees shall be used only for the administration of laws relating to the commercial fishing industry, except as follows: (a) Not less than 90 percent of the landing fee on herring taken for roe
• § 8053 — (a) Landing fees imposed by this article shall be paid quarterly to the department within 30 days after the close of each quarter.
• § 8056 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, all moneys collected pursuant to this article shall be paid to the department, and shall be expended for the patrol of packing plants, inspection and regu
• § 8057 — If the department determines that any fee or penalty has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or computed, the department shall set forth that fact in the records of
• § 8058 — In the event of overpayment of any of the fees imposed by this article, the feepayer may file a claim for refund or a claim for credit with the department.
• § 8059 — Every claim for refund or credit for overpayment of a landing fee shall be in writing and shall state the specific grounds upon which the claim is founded.
• § 8060 — Failure to file a claim for refund or credit within the time prescribed in this article constitutes a waiver of any demand against the state on account of overpayment of a landing fee.
• § 8061 — Within 30 days after disallowing any claim for refund or credit for overpayment of a landing fee in whole or in part, the department shall serve notice of its action on the claimant, either personally
• § 8062 — Interest shall be paid upon any overpayment of a landing fee at the rate of one-half of 1 percent per month from the date of overpayment.
• § 8063 — If the department determines that any overpayment of a landing fee has been made intentionally or by reason of carelessness, it shall not allow any interest thereon.
• § 8064 — No injunction or writ of mandate or other legal or equitable process shall issue in any suit, action, or proceeding in any court against this state or against any officer of the state to prevent or en
• § 8065 — No suit or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for the recovery of any amount of landing fee alleged to have been erroneously paid or erroneously or illegally determined or collected unless a
• § 8066 — Within 90 days after the mailing of the notice of the department’s action upon a claim filed pursuant to Sections 8058 and 8059, the claimant may bring an action against the department on the grounds
• § 8067 — If the department fails to mail notice of action on a claim for refund or credit for overpayment of a landing fee within six months after the claim is filed, the claimant may, before the mailing of no
• § 8068 — If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, the amount of the judgment shall first be credited on any landing fee due and payable from the plaintiff to the state under this article.
• § 8069 — In any judgment, interest shall be allowed at the legal rate of interest on unsatisfied judgments, as provided in Section 685.
• § 8070 — A judgment shall not be rendered in favor of the plaintiff in any action brought against the department to recover any amount paid when the action is brought by or in the name of an assignee of the pe
• § 8075 — The commission may grant a permit, subject to such regulations as it may prescribe, to take and use fish by a reduction or extraction process.
• § 8076 — No reduction of fish shall be permitted which may tend to deplete the species, or result in waste or deterioration of fish.
• § 8077 — No permit shall be issued except after a public hearing and a finding by the commission that the granting thereof would promote the economic utilization of the fish resources of the State in the publi
• § 8078 — A hearing pursuant to this article shall be held within 30 days after application for a permit, upon such notice as the commission shall prescribe.
• § 8079 — The commission shall, whenever necessary to prevent overexpansion, to insure the efficient and economical operation of reduction plants, or to otherwise carry out the provisions of this article, limit
• § 8079.1 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or regulation adopted pursuant to this code, the director or a representative appointed by the director, may, without notice or a hearing, grant a lice
• § 8080 — Nothing in this article restricts the power of any court in any proceeding relating to any matter arising out of the provisions of this article.
• § 81 — “Signature” or “subscription” includes mark when the signer or subscriber cannot write, such signer’s or subscriber’s name being written near the mark by a witness who writes his own name near the sig
• § 8100 — “Limited entry fishery” means a fishery in which the number of persons who may participate or the number of vessels that may be used in taking a specified species of fish is limited by statute or regu
• § 8101 — (a) Any licensed fisherman shall be eligible for inclusion during the initial year of a limited entry fishery which is established by statute that becomes operative after January 1, 1982, or by regula
• § 8102 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, in some limited entry fisheries, two or more partners may be operating with one of the partners holding the permit to participate in the fishery.
• § 8103 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) The accidental death of a limited entry permittee results in great hardships on the permittee’s family.
• § 8110 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that dramatic changes have very recently taken place in the methods and geographic areas of effort by California-based commercial fishermen.
• § 8111 — “Far offshore fishery” means a fishery that lies outside the United States 200-mile exclusive economic zone, as defined by paragraph (6) of Section 1802 of Title 16 of the United States Code.
• § 8112 — Notwithstanding any other section of this code, fish taken in a far offshore fishery, which may be lawfully imported, may be landed in this state by persons operating a commercial fishing vessel regis
• § 8113 — (a) Prior to departure from any port in the United States for the purpose of taking fish in the far offshore fishery, the operator of any vessel landing fish in California that will be taken in the fa
• § 8114 — It is unlawful for the operator of any vessel operating under authority of this article to fish in, or land fish from, any waters within the United States 200-mile exclusive economic zone during any t
• § 8120 — The definitions in this section govern the construction of this article: (a) “Environmental purpose” means the intent to prevent or minimize adverse ecological effects to water quality.
• § 8121 — It is unlawful for any person to do any of the following: (a) To buy, sell, trade, process, or possess salmon, or attempt to buy, sell, trade, process, or possess salmon, with the knowledge that the s
• § 8122 — It is unlawful for any person to create, circulate, or possess any written instrument related to salmon with the knowledge that the written instrument conveys misleading or untrue information about th
• § 8123 — (a) If any person knows that a vessel contains salmon obtained by high seas interception or that the owner or operator of the vessel intends to engage in the high seas interception of salmon, it is un
• § 8125 — There is hereby established the Commercial Fisheries Capacity Reduction Account in the Fish and Game Preservation Fund.
• § 8126 — The commission shall establish a capacity reduction fee on the taking of certain species of fish and shellfish, consistent with the West Coast Groundfish Fishery Capacity Reduction Program.
• § 8140 — All fish, the taking of which is not otherwise restricted for commercial purposes, by state or federal law or any regulations adopted pursuant to those laws, may be taken at any time for commercial pu
• § 8150.5 — (a) Sardines may not be taken or possessed on any boat, barge, or vessel except pursuant to Section 8150.
• § 8150.7 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the sardine resource be managed with the objective of maximizing the sustained harvest.
• § 8154 — No person shall receive, possess, or sell sardines for any purpose except for that purpose specified on the fish receipt completed at the time of landing of those sardines pursuant to Section 8043.
• § 8180 — In any district or part of a district lying south of a line drawn east and west through Point Mugu, anchovies may be taken in any quantity for bait or for human consumption in a fresh state, or, by co
• § 8181 — Anchovies taken south of that line in waters not less than three nautical miles from the nearest point of land on the mainland shore, and anchovies taken north of that line in any waters, may be posse
• § 8182 — The operator of a boat engaged in taking anchovies in waters south of the line described in Section 8180 shall at all times while operating the boat identify it by displaying on an exposed part of the
• § 8183 — (a) No anchovies may be taken for any purpose in Humboldt Bay, except under the following conditions: (1) Anchovies may be taken between May 1 and December 1.
• § 8190 — (a) It is the policy of the State of California that the anchovy resource shall be managed in a manner which insures the continued abundance of the species.
• § 82 — “Slurp gun” means a self-contained, hand-held device used to capture fish by rapidly drawing water containing fish into a closed chamber.
• § 8210.2 — Except as modified by the director pursuant to Section 7652, salmon may be taken under authority of a commercial fishing license and a commercial fishing salmon stamp only in Districts 6, 7, 10, 11, 1
• § 8213 — During the period when salmon may not be taken for commercial purposes in any district, salmon may be sold in that district only under the regulations of the commission.
• § 8214 — It is unlawful to take salmon for commercial purposes at the mouth of Humboldt Bay in those portions of Districts 6 and 7 within three nautical miles north and south of a line drawn due west for three
• § 8215 — Silver salmon may not be sold or possessed in, or transported through, District 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, or 18, during the time when the taking of silver salmon for commercial purposes is unlawful in tho
• § 8217 — Salmon may be sold subject to the exceptions and restrictions contained in this article.
• § 8218 — It is unlawful to gaff, club, otherwise injure, or possess any king or silver salmon under the legal size.
• § 8219 — Salmon may not be taken for commercial purposes in District 6 at the mouths of the Smith and Klamath Rivers within three nautical miles north and south of a line drawn due west for three nautical mile
• § 8226 — (a) Notwithstanding any measurement requirements under this code, and to implement the department’s salmon tagging program, any person in possession of a salmon with a missing adipose fin, the small,
• § 8230 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that commercial salmon fishing is in the public interest and that the preservation of commercial salmon fishing directly affects the health and welfare of the pu
• § 8231 — The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Agent” means the person designated in writing by the owner as the owner’s representative.
• § 8232 — It is unlawful to take or possess salmon for commercial purposes on a vessel unless all of the following conditions are met: (a) The vessel is registered with the department pursuant to Section 7881,
• § 8232.5 — (a) Except as provided in this section, it is unlawful to take salmon for sport purposes on a permitted vessel.
• § 8233 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, a permit shall be renewed prior to expiration.
• § 8233.3 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit, upon application and payment of the renewal fees pursuant to Section 8235, that is valid for the subsequent permit ye
• § 8233.4 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit, upon payment of the transfer fees pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8239 and surrender to the department of the
• § 8233.5 — (a) Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall change the designation of the holder of a permit to the new owner of a permitted vessel upon receipt of a notice of change of own
• § 8233.8 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, the department shall issue a permit to the owner of a commercial salmon fishing vessel that is registered with the department pursuant to Section 7881 for
• § 8233.9 — Section 8101 does not apply to this article.
• § 8234 — (a) The department shall not issue a permit under this article unless one of the following first occurs: (1) The applicant presents to the department a commercial fishing salmon stamp issued to the ow
• § 8235 — (a) The owner of a permitted vessel, or that owner’s agent, may apply for renewal of the permit annually on or before April 30, upon payment of the fees established under subdivision (b), without pena
• § 8236 — (a) The department shall send a written notice of renewal and a permit renewal application to the owner of each currently permitted vessel at the most recent address of that owner in the records of th
• § 8238 — (a) On or before January 1, 1991, the department, in consultation with the commercial salmon fishing review board, created pursuant to former Section 8247, shall establish and adopt, in the manner pre
• § 8238.1 — The vessel classification system shall be used by the department for issuance of new original vessel permits pursuant to Section 8243.
• § 8239 — A transfer may be approved and a permit issued for use of a replacement vessel pursuant to Section 8241 under all of the following conditions: (a) The vessel owner submits a written request for the tr
• § 8239.1 — Unless otherwise prohibited, the department shall accept a transfer application within two years after the date that a permitted vessel was lost, stolen, or destroyed, notwithstanding any inability to
• § 8239.6 — A permit issued for the use of a replacement vessel under Section 8241 is valid for the balance of the permit year for which the permit for the use of the permitted vessel was originally issued or las
• § 8240 — (a) The department shall not issue a permit for use of a replacement vessel if the permitted vessel was reported as lost, stolen, or destroyed by fraudulent means or for fraudulent purposes.
• § 8241 — The department shall issue the permit for use of a replacement vessel if it determines that the conditions specified in Section 8239 have been satisfied and the replacement vessel has the same fishing
• § 8242 — A person seeking to gain entry into the commercial salmon fishery may obtain a permit under either of the following conditions: (a) By legally obtaining the ownership of a permitted vessel and notifyi
• § 8243 — (a) If the department determines that the number of permitted vessels is less than 2,500, the department shall determine the number and vessel classification for which any new, original permits may be
• § 8244 — (a) An applicant may apply for a new, original permit as an individual, a joint venture, or a corporation.
• § 8245 — (a) The department shall conduct a drawing from the applicants determined to be eligible for new, original permits pursuant to Section 8244 on the first Friday in March of each year that new, original
• § 8246 — (a) At any time after notice of an order suspending or revoking of a person’s commercial salmon fishing privilege is issued by the commission, and before the order of suspension or revocation is final
• § 8246.2 — (a) The commission, in consultation with the department, shall adopt regulations for the determination of civil damages provided for in subdivision (a) of Section 8246 that give due consideration to t
• § 8246.4 — The commission, after notice and opportunity for hearing, shall revoke a commercial salmon vessel permit issued pursuant to this article if the vessel permit was obtained by fraudulent means.
• § 8246.6 — A person whose commercial salmon fishing vessel permit is revoked by the commission or who has been denied a permit transfer may appeal the revocation or denial to the commission by submitting the app
• § 8246.7 — (a) The commission shall reverse an order of revocation, order the permit renewed, or order the approval of a permit transfer only if it finds one of the following grounds: (1) The permittee failed to
• § 8246.8 — The commission and the department may make and enforce regulations that may be necessary or convenient for carrying out any power, authority, or jurisdiction delegated to it under this article.
• § 8248 — If any provision of this article or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the article which can b
• § 8250 — As used in this code, “spiny lobster” refers to the species Panulirus interruptus.
• § 8250.5 — (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
• § 8251 — Spiny lobsters may be taken only between the first Wednesday in October and the first Wednesday after the 15th of March.
• § 8252 — No spiny lobster less than three and one-quarter inches in length measured in a straight line from the rear edge of the eye socket to the rear edge of the body shell, both points to be on the midline
• § 8253 — It is unlawful to pickle, can, or otherwise preserve any spiny lobster, but spiny lobsters may be preserved by freezing and may be cooked for consumption in the fresh state.
• § 8254 — (a) Lobsters shall not be taken for commercial purposes except under a valid lobster permit issued to that person that has not been suspended or revoked, subject to regulations adopted by the commissi
• § 8254.7 — When a complaint has been filed in a court of competent jurisdiction charging a holder of a commercial lobster permit with a violation of Section 8251 or 8252, and no disposition of the complaint has
• § 8257 — The permit number of the person owning or in command of any boat used to take lobster shall be visibly displayed on both sides of the boat in 10-inch black numbers, one inch wide, on a white backgroun
• § 8258 — Lobster traps may be used to take spiny lobster in Districts 18, 19, 20A, and those portions of District 20 lying on the southerly side of Santa Catalina Island between Southeast Rock and China Point.
• § 8259 — Whenever it is necessary to prevent overutilization or to ensure efficient and economic operation of the fishery, the commission may limit the number of permits that may be issued pursuant to this art
• § 8275 — Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article.
• § 8276 — Except as provided in Section 8276.
• § 8276.1 — (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group” means the California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group established
• § 8276.2 — (a) The director may order a delay in the opening of the Dungeness crab fishery after December 1 in Districts 6, 7, 8, and 9 in any year.
• § 8276.3 — (a) If there is any delay ordered by the director pursuant to Section 8276.
• § 8276.4 — (a) The Ocean Protection Council shall make a grant, upon appropriation of funding by the Legislature, for the development and administration of a Dungeness crab task force.
• § 8276.5 — (a) In consultation with the Dungeness crab task force, or its appointed representatives, the director shall adopt a program, by March 31, 2013, for Dungeness crab trap limits for all California permi
• § 8277 — (a) The director may extend the Dungeness crab season in any district or part thereof.
• § 8278 — (a) Except as otherwise provided, no Dungeness crab less than six and one-quarter (6 1 4 ) inches in breadth, and no female Dungeness crab, may be taken, possessed, bought, or sold, except that not mo
• § 8279 — It is unlawful to sell any Dungeness crab taken in any of the following waters: (a) The Eel River and its tributaries between the Pacific Ocean and the west line of Sec.
• § 8279.1 — (a) A person shall not take, possess onboard, or land Dungeness crab for commercial purposes from a vessel in ocean waters for 30 days after the opening of those waters for the commercial Dungeness cr
• § 8280 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the Dungeness crab fishery is important to the state because it provides a valuable food product, employment for those persons engaged in the fishery, and e
• § 8280.1 — (a) A person shall not use a vessel to take, possess, or land Dungeness crab for commercial purposes using Dungeness crab traps authorized pursuant to Section 9011, unless the owner of that vessel has
• § 8280.2 — (a) The owner of a Dungeness crab vessel, for purposes of this section, may include a person with a bona fide contract for the purchase of a vessel who otherwise meets all other qualifications for a D
• § 8280.3 — (a) For purposes of this section, the term “length overall” means the horizontal distance between the forward-most and after-most points on the hull of a vessel.
• § 8280.4 — (a) The commission may revoke the commercial fishing license issued pursuant to Section 7852 of any person owning a fishing vessel engaging in the taking or landing of Dungeness crab by traps for whic
• § 8280.6 — (a) The department shall charge a fee for each Dungeness crab vessel permit of two hundred dollars ($200) for a resident of California and four hundred dollars ($400) for a nonresident of California,
• § 8280.7 — Notwithstanding Section 8280.
• § 8280.9 — Dungeness crab vessel permits are valid only in state waters and in the Pacific Ocean in federal waters south of the border with Oregon.
• § 8281 — Crab meat and frozen crab taken during the open season may be possessed, transported, and sold at any time, subject to the regulations of the commission.
• § 8282 — (a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 9000) of Chapter 4, and subject to the regulation of the commission authorized under subdivision (c), rock crab may be taken in traps
• § 8283 — Crab traps may be set and baited 64 hours before the opening date of the Dungeness crab season.
• § 8284 — (a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 9000) of Chapter 4, crab traps, as described in Section 9011, may be used to take Dungeness crab for commercial purposes.
• § 8285 — (a) The director may open waters that are otherwise restricted for the commercial take of Dungeness crab or rock crab pursuant to Section 5523 during a time period when the State Department of Public
• § 83 — “State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States.
• § 8340 — Except as otherwise provided in this article, in Districts 8, 9, and 17, clams may be taken between September 1st and April 30th, and in other districts clams may be taken at any time.
• § 8341 — All of the species of clams commonly known as littlenecks, chiones and hard-shell cockles, including thin-shelled littleneck, common littleneck, Japanese littleneck, rough-sided littleneck, smooth chi
• § 8342 — In Districts 1 1 2 , 8, and 9 the bag limit on Washington clams and gapers, sometimes known as bigneck clams, is 25 in the aggregate.
• § 8343 — No northern razor clams (Siliqua patula) may be sold; but if taken outside the State and brought within the State, they may be possessed, transported, and sold without restriction.
• § 8344 — Mussels (Mytilus californianus) may be taken only in accordance with such regulations as the commission may prescribe.
• § 8345 — It is unlawful for any person to sell or purchase any rock scallops (Hinnites multirugosus) or scallops (Pecten circularis), except that scallops cultivated pursuant to Division 12 (commencing with Se
• § 8346 — It is unlawful for any person to sell or purchase any pismo clams taken in this State.
• § 8370 — (a) Any striped bass, salmon, or sturgeon, if alive, that is taken in any type of net in any district shall be immediately liberated from the net by the fishermen and immediately returned to the water
• § 8371 — Striped bass and salmon may be sold or offered for sale only under the following conditions: (a) If the striped bass is taken or possessed by, and is the cultured progeny of, an aquaculturist who is r
• § 8372 — Kelp bass, sand bass, or spotted bass, all of the genus Paralabrax, shall not be sold or purchased, or possessed in any place where fish are purchased, possessed for sale, or sold, or where food is of
• § 8373 — No yellowfin croaker, spotfin croaker, or California corbina may be sold or purchased, or possessed in any place where fish are purchased, possessed for sale, or sold, or where food is offered for sal
• § 8374 — Yellowfin tuna and bluefin tuna may be taken at any time.
• § 8375 — No bluefin tuna weighing less than 7 1 2 pounds may be sold, purchased, or processed.
• § 8376 — Albacore may be taken at any time.
• § 8377 — (a) Pacific bonito less than 24 inches fork length or five pounds in weight shall not be taken or possessed on any vessel at any time for any commercial purpose, except as follows: (1) A load of bonit
• § 8377.5 — Pacific bonito shall be measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the center of the fork of the tail fin.
• § 8378 — Skipjack may be taken at any time.
• § 8380 — (a) Giant seabass (Stereolepis gigas) may not be taken for any purpose, except that not more than one fish per vessel may be possessed or sold if taken incidentally in commercial fishing operations by
• § 8381 — It is unlawful to take grunion (Leuresthes tenuis) except between June 1st and March 31st.
• § 8382 — Barracuda and yellowtail not less than 28 inches in length may be taken with hook and line at any time.
• § 8383.5 — It is unlawful to take, possess, sell, or purchase any white sea bass less than 28 inches in length, measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the end of the longer lobe of the tail.
• § 8384 — No barracuda or yellowtail less than 28 inches in length may be sold or purchased, except that not more than five barracuda and five yellowtail per day may be possessed by the holder of a commercial f
• § 8385 — No person holding a commercial fishing license while on any barge or boat which for hire carries any sport fisherman may take or have in his possession in any one day more than the aggregate number of
• § 8386 — Barracuda and yellowtail shall be measured from the tip of the lower jaw to the end of the longer lobe of the tail.
• § 8387 — From May 1st to August 31st, inclusive, all of the following are unlawful: (a) For any one person to have in his or her possession on any boat, barge, or other vessel more than 500 pounds of yellowtai
• § 8388 — (a) No female angel shark measuring less than 42 inches in total length or 15 1 4 inches in alternate length and no male angel shark measuring less than 40 inches in total length or 14 1 2 inches in a
• § 8388.5 — (a) A person shall not take, possess, sell, or purchase for commercial purposes any leopard shark less than 36 inches in total length.
• § 8389 — (a) Herring eggs may only be taken for commercial purposes under a revocable, nontransferable permit subject to such regulations as the commission shall prescribe.
• § 8391 — California halibut (Paralichthys californicus) may be taken at any time.
• § 8392 — No California halibut may be taken, possessed, or sold that measures less than 22 inches in total length.