{"code":"FGC","codeName":"Fish and Game Code","section":"8250.5","citation":"Fish & G. Code, § 8250.5","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 6. FISH [5500. - 9101.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6"},{"name":"PART 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING [7600. - 9101.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6/part-3"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Particular Varieties of Fish [8140. - 8599.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6/part-3/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 5. Lobster [8250. - 8259.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/division-6/part-3/chapter-2/article-5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 285, Sec. 119.   Effective January 1, 2008.","effective":"2008-01-01","html":"<p>(a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section <a href=\"/fgc/9000\">9000</a>) of Chapter 4, a lobster trap, as described in Section <a href=\"/fgc/9010\">9010</a>, may be used to take lobster for commercial purposes under a lobster permit issued pursuant to Section <a href=\"/fgc/8254\">8254</a>.</p><p>(b) The following species may be taken incidentally in lobster traps being fished under the authority of a lobster permit issued pursuant to Section <a href=\"/fgc/8254\">8254</a>, and any other species taken incidentally shall be immediately released back to the water:</p><p>(1) Crab, other than Dungeness crab.</p><p>(2) Kellet’s whelk.</p><p>(3) Octopus.</p><p>(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.</p>","text":"(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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/fish-and-game-code/lobster-8250-5","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}