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.