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FISH AND GAME LAWS. 
Sturgeon 
Crab, 
Lobster, 
or 
crawfish. 
Abalone. 
Imported 
lobster or 
crawfish. 
who at any time kills or has in his possession any 
sturgeon of less than twenty-five pounds in weight, 
or who between the first day of November and the 
first day of March of the year following, buys, 
sells, takes, catches, kills, or has in his possession, 
any crab, or who, at any time, buys, sells, offers for 
sale, takes, catches, kills, or has in his possession, 
any female crab, or any crabs which shall measure 
less than six inches across the back, or any lobster, 
or crawfish, or any abalones except the abalone 
known to commerce as the red abalone {Haliotis 
rufescens) which shall measure not less than seven- 
teen inches around the outer edge of the shell, is 
guilty of a misdemeanor ; provided, that it shall at 
all times be lawful for any person or persons, 
to buy, sell, or have in his possession any lobster or 
crawfish of not less than nine and one half inches 
in length, measured from one extremity to the 
other, exclusive of legs, claws, or feelers, caught or 
taken without the waters of this State, and bearing, 
after inspection, such evidence of having been so 
caught or taken as shall be hereafter prescribed 
by the California Fish Commission ; and provided 
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further, that the expense of such inspection shall 
be borne by the person or persons importing such 
lobster or crawfish. [Approved March 20, 1909.] 
Striped Bass. 
§ 628a. Every person who, at any time, buys, 
sells, offers for sale, or has in his possession, any 
striped bass of less than three pounds in weight ; or 
who, between the first day of May and the .first day 
