Fish and Game Code section 9006

Every trap used to take finfish or crustaceans shall be marked with a buoy. Each buoy shall be marked to identify the operator as follows:

(a)

For a trap used to take lobster the commercial fishing license identification number followed by the letter “P.”

(b)

For a trap used to take Dungeness crab or hagfish, the commercial fishing license identification number only.

(c)

For a trap used to take finfish other than sablefish or hagfish, the commercial fishing license identification number followed by the letter “Z.”

(d)

For a trap used to take sablefish, the commercial fishing license identification number followed by the letter “B.”

Source: Section 9006, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=FGC§ionNum=9006.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2005; accessed Sep. 8, 2025).

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