California Lobster & Trap Fishermens Association

The California Lobster & Trap Fishermen's Association (CLTFA) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, organized in 1994, advocating for the California spiny lobster fishery and the commercial trap fishermen from Point Conception to San Diego who harvest it. Its mission is to maintain sustainable populations of spiny lobster and other marine species at maximum sustained yield levels while ensuring viable, equitable access to those resources for state-licensed commercial fishermen; it has also joined the California Fishermen's Resiliency Association's California Coastal Trap Cleanup Initiative.