(

a) Notwithstanding

Section or subdivision (

b) of

Section 8597, specimens of the following groups or species shall not be taken, possessed aboard a boat, or landed for commercial purposes. Taking, possessing, or landing of any of the following species in a commercial operation is prima facie evidence that it was taken, possessed, or landed for commercial purposes:

(1) Invertebrates: (

A) Phylum Porifera—all sponges. (

B) Genus Pelagia sp.—jellyfish. (

C) Coelenterata—corals, anemones; all species. (

D) Order Gorgonacea—all gorgonians. (

E) Order Pennatulacea—all species, except Renilla kollikeri. (

F) Feather-duster worm—Eudistylia polymorpha. (

G) Fiddler crab—Uca crenulata. (

H) Umbrella crab—Cryptolithodes sitchensis. (

I) Stalked or goose barnacles—Pollicipes sp. (

J) Giant acorn barnacle—Balanus nubilus or B. aguila. (

K) Owl limpet—Lottia gigantea. (

L) Coffee bean shells—Trivia sp. (

M) Three-winged murex—Pteropurpura trialata. (

N) Vidler’s simnia—Simnia vidleri. (

O) Queen tegula—Tegula regina. (

P) Opisthobranchia (including nudibranchs)—all subclass Opisthobranchia species except: (

i) Sea hares—Aplysia californica and Aplysia vaccaria. (ii) Hermissenda crassicornis. (iii) Lion’s mouth—Melibe leonina. (iv) Aeolidia papillosa. (

v) Spanish shawl—Flabellina iodinea.

(2) Vertebrates: (

A) All shark and ray eggcases. (

B) Brown smoothhound sharks—Mustelus hinlei—that are less than inches in a whole condition or dressed with head and tail removed. (

C) Family Agonidae—all poachers. (

D) Wolf-eel—Anarrhichthys ocellatus. (

E) Juvenile sheephead—Semicossyphus pulcher (under six inches). (

F) Garibaldi—Hypsypops rubicundus.

(3) Live rocks. (

A) Rocks with living organisms attached, commonly called “live rocks,” shall not be taken or possessed except as provided in subparagraph (C). (

B) Rocks shall not be broken to take marine aquaria species, and any rock displaced to access any of those species shall be returned to its original position. (

C) Rocks cultured under the authority of an aquaculture registration may be possessed. (

b) No organisms may be taken, possessed, or landed for marine aquaria pet trade purposes under the terms of a marine aquaria collector’s permit in any of the following areas:

(1) On the north side of Santa Catalina Island from a line extending three nautical miles degrees true from Church Rock to a line extending three nautical miles degrees true from the extreme west end of the island.

(2) On the south or “back” side of Santa Catalina Island from a line extending three nautical miles degrees true from Church Rock to a line extending three nautical miles degrees true from the extreme west end of the island.

(3) Marine life refuges, marine reserves, ecological reserves, and state reserves.