Hi Nikkey,
Of course you do, you are in Canada the most regulated and over managed place on the planet! You need the same license of the trappers (25 bucks), same rules apply. 98% of the crabs you see in Vancouver waters from June onwards are undersize and illigal to harvest. The time to catch them is early in the season april-may when the boaters have not fished them out yet. I do get the occasional legal size one later on but you can't count on it for dinner.
Cheers
Giovanni
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Originally Posted by Nikkey
One of the dive spots I visit is also a favourite of the local crabbers and they are constantly baddgering you to bring them up crabs or lost traps if you go near the dock. But I am curious if you need a license or permit, I know you are supposed to have one to set traps but does that apply to just picking crabs up out of the ocean?
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