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this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon 
conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of 
not exceeding five hundred dollars or imprisonment 
in the county jail for not exceeding ninety days or 
by both such fine and imprisonment. 
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect from and 
after its passage. 
CRAB PRESERVE WITHIN EEL RIVER, 
HUMBOLDT AND TRINIDAD BAYS. 
An Act to create a preserve for crabs within Eel 
River and the entrance thereto and Humboldt 
and Trinidad Bays and the waters of the 
Pacific Ocean adjacent thereto, and to regulate 
the taking of crabs from such preserve for 
commercial purposes. 
^ [Approved March 13, 1909.] 
The people of the State of California, represented in 
Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: 
Sectioist 1. A preserve for crabs is hereby 
created which shall consist of Eel River and the 
entrance thereto and Humboldt Bay and Trinidad 
Bay and the waters of the Pacific Ocean adjacent 
to said bays within the limit of two miles from the 
inside shore line of each of said baj^s. 
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful to fish for, catch, 
take, or remove any crabs for commercial purposes 
from the preserve hereby created ; provided, how- 
ever, that during the open season for crabs as now 
or which may be hereafter defined by law, crabs 
