Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 52, December 27, 2024
(a) For the purpose
of this section, crabs in the genus Cancer include Dungeness and rock crab as
defined in Fish and Game Code subdivisions 8275(a) and (c).
(b) Incidental take of crabs not listed in
subsection (a) is allowed in rock crab, Dungeness crab, and California spiny
lobster trap fisheries as follows:
(1) No
more than 25 pounds of each crab species in the Lithodidae family (box crab and
king crab) may be possessed onboard a vessel, retained or landed at any time.
The amount of Lithodidae species possessed onboard a vessel, retained or landed
shall not exceed the amount of rock crab, spiny lobster, or Dungeness crab that
are legally possessed onboard the vessel, retained or landed at any
time.
(2) Crabs in the genus
Chionecetes (Tanner crab) may not be taken except under the
authority of a Tanner Crab Trap Vessel Permit.
(3) The total allowable catch of sheep crab
(spider crab,
Loxorhynchus grandis) is 95,000 pounds landed
during a calendar year. The department will close the fishery at the time that
the catch limit is reached, or is projected to be reached, prior to the end of
the calendar year. The department shall give no less than 10 days notice to any
individual who has landed sheep crab within the previous five years and post
notice of closure on the department's website. The department shall give the
public and the commission no less than 10 days notice of the closure via a
department news release.
(c) Pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
9001.7,
crabs not in the genus Cancer may be used as bait in finfish traps. All crab
shall be brought ashore and accounted for on a landing receipt pursuant to Fish
and Game Code Sections
8043
and
8047
prior to being used as bait as follows:
(1)
The total pounds of each species to be used as bait from each landing shall be
recorded by writing the species common name and pounds within the rows provided
and noting "bait use" in the space for price.
(2) Crab used as bait in finfish traps shall
be documented on board the vessel by a copy of the landing receipt pursuant to
Fish and Game Code Sections
8043
and
8047
demonstrating that the crab to be used as bait has been landed prior to being
used as bait. Copies of all landing receipts which document the catch of crabs
that are used as bait shall be kept onboard the fishing vessel for a minimum
period of 30 calendar days from the date of landing as listed on the landing
receipt.
1.
Renumbering of former section 126 to section
126.1 and new section 126 filed
12-10-2018; operative 1-1-2019 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2018, No. 50).
Note: Authority cited: Section
7090,
Fish and Game Code. Reference: Section
7090,
Fish and Game Code.
