California Fish and Game Code ARTICLE 6 - Crab
- Section 8275.
Unless the provision or context otherwise requires, the definitions in this section govern the construction of this article.(a) “Dungeness crab” or “market crab” means crab of...
- Section 8276.
Except as provided in Section 8276.2:(a) Dungeness crab may be taken for commercial purposes in Districts 6, 7, 8, and 9 only between December 1 and...
- Section 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...
- Section 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 Fish and Game...
- Section 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 crab task...
- Section 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 crab...
- Section 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 consider written findings...
- Section 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, possessed,...
- Section 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...
- Section 8279.1.
(a) A person shall not take, possess onboard, or land Dungeness crab for commercial purposes from a vessel in ocean waters in District 6, 7, 8,...
- Section 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 those...
- Section 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...
- 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...
- Section 8280.3.
(a) Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section 8100) of Chapter 1 and except as provided in this section, a Dungeness crab vessel permit shall not be...
- Section 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...
- Section 8280.5.
(a) The director shall convene a Dungeness crab review panel for the purpose of reviewing applications for Dungeness crab vessel permits pursuant to paragraphs (2) and...
- Section 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...
- Section 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,...
- Section 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.(Added by...
- Section 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...
- Section 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 subdivision...
- Section 8283.
(a) Crab traps may be set and baited 64 hours prior to the opening date of the Dungeness crab season in Fish and Game Districts 6,...
- Section 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...
Last modified: October 22, 2018