§ 8278
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(a)Except as otherwise provided, no Dungeness crab less than six and one-quarter (6 1 4 ) inches in breadth, and no female Dungeness crab, may be taken, possessed, bought, or sold, except that not more than 1 percent in number of any load or lot of Dungeness crabs may be less than six and one-quarter (6 1 4 ) inches in breadth but not less than five and three-quarters (5 3 4 ) inches in breadth.
(b)Dungeness crab shall be measured by the shortest distance through the body from edge of shell to edge of shell directly from front of points (lateral spines).