8253. It is unlawful to pickle, can, or otherwise preserve any spiny lobster, but spiny lobsters may be preserved by freezing and may be cooked for consumption in the fresh state.(Enacted by Stats. 1957, Ch. 456.)
California Legal Code
§ 8253
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