Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 125.1 - Commercial Take of Rock Crab; Size Limit; Use of Rock Crab as Bait; Incidental Take Provisions
(a) Rock crab, as defined in Fish and Game
Code section
8275(c),
less than 4 ¼ inches, measured across the carapace in a straight line
through the body, from edge of shell to edge of shell at the widest part, shall
not be taken, possessed, bought, sold, or used as bait.
(b) Measuring requirements. Any person taking
rock crab for any commercial purpose or for use as bait shall carry a measuring
device and shall measure any rock crab immediately. Undersized rock crab shall
be immediately returned to the water.
(c) Incidental take. Only the following
species may be taken incidentally in rock crab traps being used to take rock
crab under authority of a permit issued pursuant to Section
125. All other invertebrates and
finfish shall be immediately released to the water.
(1) Kellet's whelk.
(2) Octopus.
(3) Crabs, other than the genus Cancer,
subject to limits provided in subsection
126
(b).
(d) Pursuant to Fish and Game Code Section
9001.7,
rock crab may be used as bait in finfish traps. However, consistent with Fish
and Game Code Section
5508,
rock crab may not be possessed or maintained in such a condition that their
size cannot be determined. Additionally, consistent with Fish and Game Code
Section
5509,
rock crab may not be possessed or maintained in such a condition that the
species cannot be readily identified.
(1) All
rock crabs 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. The total pounds of all three species of rock crab
to be used as bait from each landing shall be recorded in the space marked
"Note Pad" on the landing receipt.
(2) Rock crabs used as bait in finfish traps
as described in subsection (d) above shall be documented on board the fishing
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 rock
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.
Notes
2. New subsections (d)(1)-(2) and amendment of NOTE filed 10-5-2010; operative 11-4-2010 (Register 2010, No. 41).
3. Amendment of subsection (c)(3) 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 8282, Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections 8043, 8047, 8250.5, 8275, 8281, 8284, 9001.7 and 9011, Fish and Game Code.
2. New subsections (d)(1)-(2) and amendment of Note filed 10-5-2010; operative 11-4-2010 (Register 2010, No. 41).
3. Amendment of subsection (c)(3) filed 12-10-2018; operative
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