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Fish and Game Code § 8590

ARTICLE 18. Prawns and Shrimp

Current as of September 28, 2026Fish & G. Code, § 8590Official source ↗

Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1442, Sec. 6.

For the purposes of this article, “prawns” or “shrimp”, or both, include all of the following species:

(a) Spot prawn (Pandalus platyceros).

(b) Ridgeback prawn (Sicyonia ingentis).

(c) Coonstrip prawn (Pandalus danae).

(d) Pacific ocean shrimp (Pandalus jordani).

(e) Bay shrimp (Crangon franciscorum and Crago sp.).

(f) Red rock shrimp (Lysmata californica).