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of July of any year, takes, catches, or kills, any 
striped bass, with a net or seine ; or who, between 
the first day of May and the first day of July of 
any year has in his possession any striped bass, 
taken, caught or killed except with hook and line ; 
or who between the first day of May and the first 
day of July of any year, buys, sells or offers for 
sale, ships, offers for shipment, or receives for ship- 
ment 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 other State, Terri- 
tory, or foreign country any striped bass of less 
than three pounds in weight, caught or taken in the 
waters of this State, is guilty of a misdemeanor; 
provided, that the possession of such striped bass 
shall be prima facie evidence of the fact that such 
striped bass were caught or taken in the waters of 
this State. [Approved March 20, 1909.] 
Black Bass. 
§ 628b. Every person who, between the first day 
of January and the first day of June of each year, 
buys, sells, offers for sale, takes, catches, kills, or 
has in his possession, any black bass; or who, at 
any time, except with hook and line, takes, catches, 
or kills any black bass ; or who takes, catches, kills, 
or has in his possession, more than fifty black bass 
during any one calendar day, is guilty of a misde- 
meanor. [Approved March 15, 1907.] 
