California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game
Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles
Chapter 5.5 - Fishery Management Plans
Article 5 - California Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan
Section 54.01 - Definitions

(a) Catch, in the context of the harvest control rule, means the total weight of spiny lobster reported on commercial landing receipts in a fishing season.

(b) Catch per unit effort means the number of legal lobsters caught per trap pull for the commercial fishery.

(c) District closure means temporary or permanent closure of one or more Fishing Districts as defined in Fish and Game Code sections 11026, 11027, 11028, 11029, 11030, 11031, 11032, 11038, and 11039 to the commercial and/or recreational take of spiny lobster.

(d) Harvest control rule is defined in Section 50.01 of these regulations. In the Spiny Lobster FMP, the harvest control rule is a management framework consisting of three threshold reference points, a harvest control rule matrix, and a harvest control rule "toolbox" of conservation and management options.

(e) Harvest control rule matrix means the matrix prescribed in the Spiny Lobster FMP detailing the possible causes of having one, two, or all three threshold reference points crossed and the management response sequence for those scenarios.

(f) Harvest control rule toolbox means the conservation and management measures identified in the Spiny Lobster FMP harvest control rule that are available to the commission when threshold reference points are crossed and management action is recommended.

(g) Spawning Potential Ratio means the ratio of the number of eggs produced by a fished population over the number of eggs produced by an unfished population.

(h) Spiny lobster means Panulirus interruptus as defined in Fish and Game Code Section 8250.

(i) Spiny Lobster FMP means chapters 1-6 of the California Spiny Lobster Fishery Management Plan as approved by the commission on April 13, 2016, hereby incorporated by reference.

(j) Threshold reference point means a quantitative value that indicates that the status of a stock is at a level of concern and that management action may be needed to improve stock status. In the Spiny Lobster FMP, threshold reference points are based on commercial catch, catch per unit effort, and spawning potential ratio.

(k) Trap limit means a formal program adopted by the commission that limits the number of traps a commercial fisherman may fish at any one time during a season.

(l) Total allowable catch means a specified numerical catch objective for each fishing season, the attainment (or expected attainment) of which may cause closure of the fishery.

(m) Definitions contained in Chapter 1 and Article 1 of Chapter 5.5 of these regulations, and Chapters 1 and 2 of Division 0.5 of the Fish and Game Code apply to the spiny lobster fishery in addition to definitions of this Section.