California Fish and Game Code

§ 9010

FGC § 9010 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 6 · Part 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Subject to Article 5 (commencing with Section 8250) of Chapter 2, spiny lobster may be taken with lobster traps under a lobster permit issued pursuant to Section 8254.

(b)Notwithstanding Sections 8660 and 8665, lobster traps may be used in any area of the state not otherwise closed to the taking of lobsters up to, but not closer than, 75 feet of any private pier, wharf, jetty, breakwater, or dock.

(c)A wire lobster trap shall be built of rectangular wire mesh with inside mesh measurement not less than 112 inches by 312 inches, the 312-inch measurement to be parallel to the floor of the trap. A wire lobster trap shall be fitted with at least one rigid rectangular escape gap with an inside vertical measurement not less than 238 inches at all points and an inside horizontal measurement of not less than 1112 inches at all points. The horizontal sides of the escape gap shall be located parallel to, and the escape gap within 238 inches of the floor on any outside wall of, the rearmost chamber of the lobster trap and shall be clearly accessible to the lobsters.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 565, Sec. 2. (AB 291) Effective January 1, 2011.