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Section 8250.5 Of Article 5. Lobster From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 6. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 5.

8250.5
. (a) Subject to this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 9000) of Chapter 4, a lobster trap, as described in Section 9010, may be used to take lobster for commercial purposes under a lobster permit issued pursuant to Section 8254.
  (b) The following species may be taken incidentally in lobster traps being fished under the authority of a lobster permit issued pursuant to Section 8254, and any other species taken incidentally shall be immediately released back to the water:
  (1) Crab, other than Dungeness crab.
  (2) Kellet's whelk.
  (3) Octopus.
  (c) Spiny lobsters taken in the manner commonly known as skindiving or by a person using self-contained underwater breathing apparatus shall not be sold.