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Catching Spider Crabs from a Pier

9-26-2013
California Department of Fish & Wildlife

Question: We were fishing off the Santa Barbara Pier last weekend and kept catching spider crabs. We wanted to keep them but couldn't find them mentioned in the regulations and so didn't know if we could take them. What are the limits or regulations are on spider crabs?

Answer: Spider crabs fall under the general section 29.05 in the Ocean Sport Fishing regulations booklet. Therefore, there are no closed seasons, closed hours or minimum size limits. The bag limit on spider crabs, as well as other invertebrates not covered in more specific laws for which the take is authorized and for which there is not a bag limit otherwise established, is 35.


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