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Regulations for the Blue Land Crab
 

Blue Land Crab
crab icon Reglamentos En Espanol  
crab icon Closed season: July 1- October 31
crab icon Daily recreational bag limit: 20 per person per day
crab icon Allowable harvesting gear:
* By hand or with the use of a landing or dip net
* You may not use bleach or any other chemical solution to harvest blue land crabs.
* You may not use traps to harvest

Additional restrictions:

* Harvest, possession, purchase, or sale of eggbearing blue land crabs is prohibited. The practice of stripping or otherwise molesting eggbearing blue land crabs in order to remove the eggs is prohibited and the harvest, possession, purchase, or sale of blue land crabs from which the eggs, egg pouch, or bunion has been removed is prohibited.

* No person shall harvest or attempt to harvest any blue land crab on, upon, or from the right-of-way of any federal, state, or county-maintained road, whether paved or otherwise, or from any state park.

 

 

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