Section 9024.
9024. Crayfish traps may be used at any time in any district to take crayfish only. Traps shall not exceed three feet in greatest dimension. Any other species taken with crayfish traps shall be returned to the water immediately. The commission may prohibit the use of crayfish traps which will injure fish or which will […]
Section 9022.
9022. (a) Notwithstanding Section 9000, traps used to take fin fish may not be used in Districts 10, 11, and 12, except for bait fish traps as provided for in Sections 8400 and 9020. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a), all marine species of fin fish subject to Section 8403 may be taken with one […]
Section 9023.
9023. (a) Traps may be used throughout the year to take carp in any district under the restrictions set forth in subdivision (b). (b) Traps shall not exceed six feet in greatest dimension. They shall be made of cotton or nylon twine. Meshes shall not be less than three and one-half inches in length, except that fyke […]
Section 9001.8.
9001.8. Sablefish may be taken under a general trap permit in ocean waters between a line extending due west true from Point Arguello in Santa Barbara County and the United States-Mexico international boundary line, if all of the following criteria are also met: (a) The trap shall be six feet or less in its greatest dimension. […]
Section 9002.
9002. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d), it is unlawful to willfully or recklessly disturb, move, or damage any trap that belongs to another person and that is marked with a buoy identification number pursuant to Section 9006. (b) A person, who has been issued a general trap permit under Section 9001 and […]
Section 9002.5.
9002.5. (a) Notwithstanding Section 9002, the department, in consultation with the Dungeness crab task force, shall establish a retrieval program to provide for the retrieval of lost or abandoned commercial Dungeness crab traps by June 30, 2019. (b) The retrieval program developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be consistent with all of the following: (1) (A) The department shall […]
Section 9003.
9003. Every trap shall have at least one destruction device which meets specifications approved by the department. In order to minimize the adverse effects on living marine resources, the specifications for destruction devices shall provide for a device that destructs rapidly enough to facilitate escape of a substantial proportion of all species confined in the […]
Section 9004.
9004. Every trap shall be raised, cleaned, serviced, and emptied at intervals, not to exceed 96 hours, weather conditions at sea permitting, and no trap shall be abandoned in the waters of this state. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1271, Sec. 20.)
Section 9005.
9005. Every trap or string of traps shall be marked with a buoy. The department shall implement regulations by January 1, 2020, requiring standardized gear marking for those fisheries in which the department determines it is appropriate. As part of the regulations, the department shall establish a fee for each fishery requiring standardized gear marking […]
Section 9006.
9006. Every trap used to take finfish or crustaceans shall be marked with a buoy. Each buoy shall be marked to identify the operator as follows: (a) For a trap used to take lobster the commercial fishing license identification number followed by the letter “P.” (b) For a trap used to take Dungeness crab or hagfish, the […]