transportation; or any person who ships any of the wild birds or wild animals or fish by parcel post is guilty of a misdemeanor. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act are hereby repealed. 1917-651.

628. (a.) Every person who drys any shrimps caught or taken in the waters of this state, or who takes shrimps from the waters of the state for any purpose other than for fresh market purposes is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that in fish and game districts eleven, twelve and thirteen, unmarketable shrimps which may be unavoidably taken in fishing for the fresh market, may be dried, but at no time shall more than fifty per cent of the shrimps, brought in by any boat, be dried.

(b.) Every person who, between the first day of March and the fourteenth day of October inclusive of any year, takes, catches, kills, has in possesion, buys, sells or offers for sale any spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus), or who at any time takes, catches, kills, has in possession, buys, sells, or offers for sale any spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus), of less than ten and one-half inches or more than sixteen inches in length, measured from one extremity to the other and exclusive of legs, claws or feelers, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who at any time takes, catches, kills, has in possession, buys, sells, or offers for sale any crab (Cancer magister), of less than seven inches in breadth, measured straight across the back from point to point, or any female crab (Cancer magister), or who, between the thirty-first day of July and the fourteenth day of November, inclusive, of any year takes, catches, kills, has in possession, buys, sells, or offers for sale any crab (Cancer magister), shall be guilty of misdemeanor; provided, that crabs from without the state may be imported into the state for sale at any time, provided, such crabs are duly inspected and tagged according to the rules and regulations to be prescribed by the fish and game commission. cost of such inspection and tagging must be borne by the person or persons importing such crabs. Any person who shall at any time, pickle, can, or otherwise preserve any spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) or crab (Cancer magister), or who shall at any time sell any spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) or crab (Cancer magister) meat not in the shell of any such spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) or crab (Cancer magister), or who shall bring to shore any part or portion of any spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) or crab (Cancer magister) without the remaining portions of such spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) or crab (Cancer magister) in such condition that the size of any such spiny lobster (Panulirus interruptus) or crab (Cancer magister) can not be measured, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

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(c.) Every person who ships or offers for shipment or who transports or carries any species of crab from fish and game districts one and one-half, five, six, seven, seven "A," eight and nine, either to a point outside the state or into any part of the state other than in districts one and one-half, five, six, seven, seven

"A," eight and nine, or who holds any crabs in live cars within said fish and game districts, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

For the purposes of this act a live car shall be any box, crate or pen in which live crabs are kept.

(d.) None of the provisions of this act shall apply to spiny lobster caught or taken without the waters of this state, when said spiny lobster are caught in waters lying South for a distance of ten miles from the international boundry line between the United States and Mexico, extended westerly in the Pacific ocean, and bearing after inspection such evidence of having been so caught or taken as may may be hereafter prescribed by the fish and game commission; and be it provided, that all the expenses of such inspection shall be borne by the importer of such spiny lobster; and be it provided, further, that all spiny lobster imported into this state shall be of the size prescribed in this section. 1925.

628 a. Every person, who at any time, buys, sells, offers for sale or has in his possession any striped bass of less than twenty inches in length measured from the tip of the snout to the extreme tip of the tail, or who between March first and May thirty-first, both dates inclusive, buys, sells, offeri or exposes for sale or has in his possession any striped bass of more than ten pounds is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that nothing in this act shall prohibit the possession of any striped bass of over ten pounds_in_weight when taken by hook and line in the manner commonly known as angling and in accordance with the limit provisions of this act between the dates above mentioned but such striped bass cannot be shipped, sold or offered for sale; every person who, except with hook and line, and in the manner commonly known as angling, takes, catches, kills or has in his possession and striped bass or shad between the seventeenth day of September and the fourteenth day of November, inclusive, of any year, or between the sixteenth day of May and the thirty-first day of July, both dates inclusive, of any year, or who, between the seventeenth day of September and the fourteenth day of November, inclusive, or between the sixteenth day of May and the thirty-first day of July, inclusive, of any year, takes, catches, kills or has in his possession more than five striped bass or shad, or who, between the seventeenth day of September and the fourteenth day of November, inclusive, or between the sixteenth day of May and the thirty-first day of July, inclusive, of any year, buys, sells, offers for sale, ships or offers for shipment, or receives for shipment or transportation, any striped bass, or who at any time offers for shipment, ships or receives for shipment or transportation from the State of California, to any place in any place in any other state, territory or foreign country any striped bass is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who takes any striped bass or shad in a net, any of the meshes of which are, when drawn closely together and measured inside the knots, less than five and one-half inches in length, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who shall cast, extend or draw, or assist in casting, extending or drawing any net or seine, for the purpose of taking

or catching any shad or striped bass in any of the waters of this state at any time between sunrise of each Saturday and sunset of the following Sunday is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who, in fish and game district one, two and three takes, catches or kills more than five striped bass in any one calendar day, or who buys, sells or offers or exposes for sale any striped bass caught or taken in fish and game districts numbers one, two or three, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Be it provided, that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from having in his possession, in any one calendar day, not to exceed five striped bass between twelve inches in length and twenty-one inches in length measured from the tip of the snout to the extreme tip of the tail, but such striped bass must be caught only with hook and line and must not be bought, sold or offered for sale, or shipped or offered for shipment.

And be it provided, further, that nothing in this section shall prohibit any person from holding in his possession, between May sixteenth and July thirty-first, inclusive, or between September seventeenth and November fourteenth, inclusive, striped bass legally caught in open season if the holder of such striped bass places them in cold storage in a public warehouse to be approved by the fish and game commission and causes non-negotiable warehouse receipts to be issued therefor in the name of the said commission which receipt shall be held by said commission until the next opening of the striped bass season. At the opening of the striped bass season the fish and game commission shall surrender the striped bass so held to the owner when he shall have paid all storage charges and any expenses incurred by the fish and game commission relative to the storage of the striped bass. Every person who violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. 1925.

628b. Every person who at any time, except with hook and line and in the manner commonly known as angling, takes, catches or kills any black bass, Sacramento perch, crappie, calico bass or any variety of sunfish, or has in his possession more than twenty-five bass, Sacramento perch, crappie, calico bass or any variety of sunfish, during one calendar day, or who takes, catches, kills or has in his possession any black bass less than seven inches in length, or who buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale any black bass, Sacramento perch, crappie, calico bass or any variety of sunfish; every person who in any fish and game district, between the first day of December and the thirtieth day of April of the year following, both dates inclusive, takes, catches, kills or has in his possession any black bass, Sacramento perch, crappie, calico bass or any variety of sunfish, is guilty of a misdemeanor; provided, that in fish and game district four and three-quarters, black bass may be taken in the manner and amount provided elsewhere in this section at any time of the year.

Nothing in this section shall prohibit the taking of black bass at any time in any lake exceeding seventy-five square miles in

area, within the boundaries of fish and game district number two; provided, that no person may take, kill, catch or destroy more than ten black bass in such lake or lakes in any one calendar day, or have in possession more than ten black bass taken from such lake or lakes in one calendar day.

Providing further, nothing in this section shall prohibit the taking of black bass, Sacramento perch, crappie, or calico bass, at any time in any lake exceeding seventy-five square miles in area, within the boundaries of fish and game district number two; provided, that no person may take, kill, catch or destroy more than ten black bass, Sacramento perch, crappie, or calico bass in any such lake or lakes in any one calendar day, or have in his possession more than ten black bass, Sacramento perch, crappie, or calico bass taken from any such lake or lakes in one calendar day.

Provided, further, nothing in this section shall prohibit the possession within the boundaries of fish and game district number two of black bass taken in such lake or lakes during the open season for such lake or lakes.

Every person who at any time, has in his possession for sale, or sells, or offers for sale, any catfish, between the first day of April and the fourteenth day of September, inclusive, of any year, or who at any time has in his possession for sale, or sells, or offers for sale, any dressed catfish, which shall measure less than seven inches in length, exclusive of any part of the head, or who at any time has in his possession for sale, or sells, or offers for sale, any undressed catfish less than nine inches in length, or who retains any catfish in live cars or boats that do not measure nine inches in length, or who at any time, within a period five years, kills or has in his possession any sturgeon, is guilty of a misde

meanor.

Nothing in this section, or elsewhere in this code, shall prohibit the state fish and game commission, or persons authorized by it from taking at all times such fish as they may deem necessary for scientific purposes, or for purposes of propagation.

1925.

628c. Every person who, by seine or other means, catches the young fish of any species and does not immediately return the same to the water alive, or who buys, sells or offers for sale, or has in his possession, any of such fish, whether fresh or dried, or who takes or catches, any fish for the sole purpose of taking the eggs or ova of such fish, or who catches, takes, kills, or carries away, any fish from any pond or reservoir belonging to, or controlled by the fish and game commission, or who takes, catches, or kills, any kind of fish, except salmon, in any manner, in any river or stream upon which a rack, trap, dam or other spawntaking station is maintained, within one-half mile of the lower side of such rack, trap, dam or other spawn-taking station, or in any lake upon which a rack, trap, dam or other spawn-taking station is maintained, within one-half mile of such rack trap, dam or other spawn-taking station, or who takes, catches, or kills

any salmon in any manner, in any stream upon which a rack, trap, dam or other spawn-taking station is maintained, within three miles of the lower side of such rack, trap, dam or other spawn-taking station, during such time as said racks, traps, dams, or other spawn-taking stations may be in operation, or who, in fish and game district number fourteen, at any time takes, catches, or kills, any kind of fish is guilty of a misdemeanor. Nothing in this section, or elsewhere in this code, shall prohibit the fish and game commission, or persons authorized by such commission, from taking at all times such fish as they may deem necessary for scientific purposes or for purposes of propagation

1925.

628d. Every person found guilty of a violation of any of the provisions of sections 628, 628a, 628b, and 628c, shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail, in the county in which the conviction is had, not less than twenty nor more than one hundred and fifty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. All fines collected for any violation of any of the provisions of said sections must be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the "fish commission fund." 1905-187.

628e. Every person who in fish and game district number nineteen at any time except with hook and line takes, catches or kills any California whiting (Menticirrhus undulatus) also known as surf fish, or any yellow fin or any spot-fin croaker; every person who, at any time buys, sells, offers, or exposes for sale California whiting (Menticirrhus undulatus,) also known as surf fish and corbina or any yellow-fin or any spot-fin croaker, or any golden croaker, and every person who, at any time buys, sells, offers or exposes for sale or who has in his possession more than fifty pounds of any southern, bastard or chicken halibut (Paralichthys californicus) of less than four pounds in weight, or any barracuda less than three pounds in weight, or any albacore weighing less than six pounds, is guilty of a misdemeanor. And all fines collected for any violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be paid into the state treasury to the credit of the "fish commission fund." 1921-173.

628f. Every person who between the fifteenth day of January and the fifteenth day of March of the same year, both dates inclusive, takes, catches, kills or has in his possession any pink abalone (Halitos corrugata), or any red abalone (Haliotis rufescens), or any black abalone (Haliotis crackerodie), or any green abalone (Haliotis fulgens) is guilty of a misdemeanor. Every person who at any time, takes, catches, kills or has in his possession any red abalone (Haliotis rufescens), the shell of which is less than seven inches in greatest diameter, or any green abalone (Halio tis fulgens), the shell of which is less than six and one-half inches in greatest diameter, or any pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata), the shell of which is less than six inches in greatest diameter, or any black abalone (Haliotis crackerodie), the shell of which is less than five