{"data":{"id":"us-ca/fgc-8278","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"FGC § 8278","heading":"","body":"(a) Except as otherwise provided, no Dungeness crab less than six and one-quarter (61/4) inches in breadth, and no female Dungeness crab, may be taken, possessed, bought, or sold, except that not more than 1 percent in number of any load or lot of Dungeness crabs may be less than six and one-quarter (61/4) inches in breadth but not less than five and three-quarters (53/4) inches in breadth.\n(b) Dungeness crab shall be measured by the shortest distance through the body from edge of shell to edge of shell directly from front of points (lateral spines).","path":["Fish and Game Code - FGC","DIVISION 6. FISH [5500. - 9101.]","PART 3. COMMERCIAL FISHING [7600. - 9101.]","CHAPTER 2. Particular Varieties of Fish [8140. - 8599.4.]","ARTICLE 6. Crab [8275. - 8285.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"688e73ba99a202050555c22d28160b91f61e71d730ef8d4afbe1f8c508bd4fec","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/fgc-8277","next":"us-ca/fgc-8279"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}