Statute · California Fish and Game Code
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 8284 — Crab
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 8284
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- California Fish and Game Code
- Jurisdiction
- California
- Date
- 2010-01-01
- Current through
- Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)
(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. Any fish may be taken incidentally in crab traps being used to take Dungeness crab.
Citator
Cal. Fish & Game Code § 8284 — Crab is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
(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. Any fish may be taken incidentally in crab traps being used to take Dungeness crab.
(b) Except as provided in Section 9011 or subdivision (c), any other species taken incidentally in a crab trap being used to take rock crab, shall be immediately released back to the water.
(c) The following species may be taken incidentally in crab traps being used to take rock crab under a permit issued pursuant to Section 9001 in Districts 19 and 118.5:
(1) Kellet’s whelk.
(2) Octopus.
(3) Crabs other than of the genus Cancer, except as provided in Section 9011.