ARTICLE 6. Crab

Article 6 enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.

§§ 8275–8285 · 24 sections

§ 8275 Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Dungeness crab” or “market…
§ 8276 Except as provided in Section 8276.2 or 8277: (a) Dungeness crab may be taken for commercial purposes in Districts 6, 7, 8, and 9 only between December 1 and…
§ 8276.1 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “California Dungeness Crab Fishing Gear Working Group” means the California Dungeness…
§ 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. The delay in the…
§ 8276.3 (a) If there is any delay ordered by the director pursuant to Section 8276.2 in the opening of the Dungeness crab fishery in Districts 6, 7, 8, and 9, a vessel…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 8277 (a) The director may extend the Dungeness crab season in any district or part thereof. (b) Before extending the Dungeness crab season, the director shall…
§ 8278 (a) Except as otherwise provided, no Dungeness crab less than six and one-quarter (61/4) inches in breadth, and no female Dungeness crab, may be taken,…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 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…
§ 8280.7 Notwithstanding Section 8280.1, the owner of a vessel, who has a Dungeness crab vessel permit for that vessel that has not been suspended or revoked, may…
§ 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. The…
§ 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…
§ 8283 Crab traps may be set and baited 64 hours before the opening date of the Dungeness crab season. Crab traps may be set and baited in advance of that opening…
§ 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…
§ 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…