California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1 - Fish and Game Commission-Department of Fish and Game › Subdivision 1 - Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles › Chapter 4 - Ocean Fishing › Article 1 - Ocean and San Francisco Bay District Fin Fish-Minimum Size Limits, Bag and Possession Limits and Seasons › Invertebrates › Section 29.20 - Clams General

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
						Except as provided in this article, there are no closed seasons, bag limits or
						size limits on saltwater clams.
(b)
						Fishing hours: one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after
						sunset.
(c) Gear restrictions. It
						shall be unlawful to use anything other than the following hand-operated
						devices to take clams: spades, shovels, hoes, forks, rakes, devices that use
						suction to remove clams commonly known as slurp guns or clam guns, or rigid
						pipes used to prevent the collapse of holes when digging for clams. It shall be
						unlawful to use any other device to take clams, including any hydraulic pump or
						other device capable of liquifying sand. It shall be unlawful to possess any
						such unauthorized device, except in a permanent residence, concurrently with
						any clam. No instrument capable of being used to dig clams may be possessed
						between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, on any
						beach of this state, except tools and implements used in the work of cleaning,
						repairing or maintaining such beach when possessed by a person authorized by
						appropriate authority to perform such work.
(d) Clams that have a size limit shall be
						immediately measured. Any undersize clams, or other clams that are not
						retained, shall be immediately reburied in the area from which they were taken.
						All clams shall be kept in a whole and measurable condition until being
						prepared for immediate consumption. When taking or possessing clams each person
						is required to keep a separate container for their clams. It shall be unlawful
						to commingle one person's clams with clams taken by another person.
1.
						  Editorial correction of printing error in subsection (c) (Register 91, No.
						  31).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed
						  8-8-2019 pursuant to section
						  100, title 1, California Code of
						  Regulations (Register 2019, No. 32).
3. Amendment of subsections (c)
						  and (d) filed 3-8-2021 as an emergency; operative 3-8-2021 (Register 2021, No.
						  11). Emergency expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an
						  additional 60 days (Executive Order N-71-20). A Certificate of Compliance must
						  be transmitted to OAL by 1-7-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by
						  operation of law on the following day.
4. Amendment of subsections
						  (c) and (d) refiled 12-16-2021 as an emergency; operative 1-8-2022 (Register
						  2021, No. 51). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by
						  4-8-2022 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
						  following day.
5. Amendment of subsections (c) and (d) refiled
						  3-16-2021 as an emergency; operative 4-11-2022 (Register 2022, No. 11). A
						  Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-11-2022 or emergency
						  language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						  day.
6. Certificate of Compliance as to 3-16-2022 order, including
						  amendment of subsections (c)-(d) and amendment of NOTE, transmitted to OAL
						  5-27-2022 and filed 7-11-2022; amendments effective 7-11-2022 pursuant to
						  Government Code section
						  11343.4(b)(3)
						  (Register 2022, No. 28).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 200,
							 205 and
							 265,
							 Fish and Game Code. Reference: Sections
							 200,
							 205,
							 255,
							 265,
							 270 and
							 275,
							 Fish and Game Code.