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 6 - Fish, Commercial
Section 122 - Spiny Lobster Permits and Restricted Areas
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Classes of Spiny Lobster Permits.
(b) Permit Renewal.
(c) Permit Transfers, Procedures, and Timelines.
(d) Restricted Fishing Areas.
33° 35.316' N. lat. 117° 52.744' W. long.;
33° 34.365' N. lat. 117° 52.374' W. long.;
33° 34.412' N. lat. 117° 52.294' W. long.;
33° 35.368' N. lat. 117° 52.658' W. long.; and
33° 35.316' N. lat. 117° 52.744' W. long.
33° 27.262' N. lat. 117° 41.492' W. long.;
33° 26.511' N. lat. 117° 42.061' W. long.;
33° 26.477' N. lat. 117° 41.850' W. long.;
33° 27.201' N. lat. 117° 41.286' W. long.;
33° 27.409' N. lat. 117° 41.522' W. long.; and
33° 27.262' N. lat. 117° 41.492' W. long.
33° 12.344' N. lat. 117° 24.166' W. long.;
33° 12.332' N. lat. 117° 24.164' W. long.;
33° 11.775' N. lat. 117° 25.155' W. long.;
33° 11.659' N. lat. 117° 24.928' W. long.;
33° 12.233' N. lat. 117° 24.047' W. long.;
33° 12.362' N. lat. 117° 23.975' W. long.; and
33° 12.344' N. lat. 117° 24.166' W. long.
(e) Records. Pursuant to Section 190 of these regulations, any person who owns and/or operates any vessel used to take lobsters for commercial purposes shall complete and submit an accurate record of his/her lobster fishing activities on a form (Daily Lobster Log, DFW 122 (REV. 03/04/16), incorporated herein by reference) provided by the department.
(f) The person required to submit logs pursuant to Section 190 of these regulations shall have complied with said regulations during the immediate past license year, or during the last year such person held a permit, in order to be eligible for a successive year annual permit.
(g) All lobster operator permit holders fishing jointly on one vessel shall both be liable for any violation incurred by any of the lobster operator permit holders or crew-member permit holders fishing from that vessel.
(h) No SCUBA or other underwater breathing apparatus equipment shall be used to take lobster, except that this equipment may be used to locate and secure traps for retrieval. Lobsters contained in a trap that has been secured using SCUBA, or any other underwater breathing apparatus equipment, may be possessed after the trap has been serviced aboard the vessel only if the secured trap(s) has not exceeded the trap service interval requirement as specified in subsection 122.2(d) of these regulations.
1. Amendment
of subsection (k) filed 10-12-77 as an emergency; effective upon filing
(Register 77, No. 42). For prior history, see Register 73, No.
50.
2. Certificate of Compliance filed 12-16-77 (Register 77, No.
51).
3. Amendment of subsections (g) and (i) and new subsections (m)
and (n) filed 5-15-80; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 80, No.
20).
4. Editorial correction of subsection (m) (Register 81, No.
19)
5. Amendment of NOTE filed 10-19-81; effective thirtieth day
thereafter (Register 81, No. 43).
6. New subsection (j) and
relettering of subsections (j)-(n) to subsections (k)-(o) filed 10-5-82;
effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 82, No. 41).
7.
Amendment of subsection (g) filed 11-17-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter
(Register 83, No. 47).
8. Amendment of subsection (l) filed 1-17-85;
effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 3).
9.
Amendment of subsections (h) and (k) filed 1-15-86; effective thirtieth day
thereafter (Register 86, No. 3).
10. Amendment of subsection (m)
filed 12-8-89; operative 1-1-90 (Register 89, No. 50).
11. Amendment
of subsection (h) filed 9-4-90; operative 9-4-90 (Register 90, No.
42).
12. Amendment of subsection (a) and NOTE filed 11-1-94;
operative 11-1-94 pursuant to Government Code section
11346.2(d)
(Register 94, No. 44).
13. Amendment of subsections (a)-(b) filed
9-6-95; operative 9-6-95 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 95, No. 36).
14. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
9-10-96; operative 10-10-96 (Register 96, No. 37).
15. Editorial
correction of subsections (g) and (n) and NOTE (Register 98, No.
37).
16. Repealer of subsections (d)(1)-(d)(1)(B), amendment of
subsection (f)(1) and new subsection (o)(2)(C) filed 9-9-98; operative 9-9-98
pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 98, No. 37).
17. Amendment redesignating former subsection
(e)(1) as subsection (e), redesignating and amending former subsection (f)(1)
as subsection (f) and repealing subsections (e)(2) and (f)(2)-(f)(3) filed
6-16-2003; operative 7-16-2003 (Register 2003, No. 25).
18. New
subsection (i) and subsection relettering filed 3-8-2005; operative 4-7-2005
(Register 2005, No. 10).
19. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
7-13-2005; operative 7-13-2005 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2005, No. 28).
20. Amendment of subsection (f) and NOTE
filed 7-8-2008; operative 7-8-2008 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2008, No. 28).
21. Amendment filed 10-7-2009; operative
11-6-2009 (Register 2009, No. 41).
22. Amendment of subsection
(r)(1) filed 10-5-2010; operative 11-4-2010 (Register 2010, No.
41).
23. Amendment of section heading and section filed 3-2-2017;
operative 4-1-2017 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2017, No. 9).
24. Amendment of subsection (d)(2)(B) filed
9-29-2017; operative 9-29-2017 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2017, No. 39).
25. Amendment of subsections (a) and (a)(2)
and amendment of NOTE filed 7-24-2023; operative 9-1-2023 pursuant to
Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2023, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1050, 7075, 7078, 8254 and 8259, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 1050, 2365, 7050, 7055, 7056, 7071, 7852.2, 8026, 8043, 8046, 8250, 8250.5, 8254, 9002, 9005, 9006 and 9010, Fish and Game Code.