Section 8250.5 - Taking using lobster traps; species taken incidentally by traps(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.(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.Ca. Fish and Game Code § 8250.5
Amended by Stats 2007 ch 285 (AB 1729),s 119, eff. 1/1/2008.