In the subsistence taking of abalone,
- (1) the possession limit is five abalone per person;
- (2) the minimum legal size is three and one-half inches (89 mm) in greatest diameter of shell;
- (3) subsistence fishing is prohibited while engaged in commercial abalone fishing; prior to engaging in the subsistence fishery, commercial abalone fishermen must return the commercial permit to the Department of Fish and Game and land the commercial catch in possession;
- (4) repealed 6/30/83;
- (5) a diver using a compressed air system, such as scuba or hookah, may not take abalone.
(In effect before 1981; am 6/28/81, Register 78; am 6/30/83, Register 86; readopt 5/15/93, Register 126; am 8/16/97, Register 143; am 5/11/2012, Register 202)