Before you start to worry about the gear and finding dive partners, you must first have an understanding of the basic rules and regulations regarding the sport harvest of abalone.
The basic regulations are pretty straight forward, you can take 3 abalone a day and up to 18 per season. The abalone must be at least 7 inches in length and must be "Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens".
Now it is true that the list of regulations go on and on and on, but luckily for you the California Department of Fish and Game have them easily accessible on their website, http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/invertebrate/abalone.asp, here you can find all the regs you could dream of and more!
Happy Diving,
-Chris
The basic regulations are pretty straight forward, you can take 3 abalone a day and up to 18 per season. The abalone must be at least 7 inches in length and must be "Red abalone, Haliotis rufescens".
Now it is true that the list of regulations go on and on and on, but luckily for you the California Department of Fish and Game have them easily accessible on their website, http://www.dfg.ca.gov/marine/invertebrate/abalone.asp, here you can find all the regs you could dream of and more!
(Some of the info is outdated)
I have also found a wonderfully lame info video produced by Fish and Game. It is both informative and incredibly lame at the same time!!!!!Happy Diving,
-Chris
I had no idea there were so many regulations about abalone diving. I have heard that it is very dangerous and that you can be eaten by a shark or attacked by kelp. Have either of these ever happened to you or someone you know. You should do a post about the dangers of abalone diving.
ReplyDeleteWow that video was really wonderfully informative! And incredibly lame, Amazingly lame. That was actually hard to watch. But over all I like the post before that video, Its rather interesting! Keep it up
ReplyDeletenice job with covering the basics. I knew there were a lot of regs for abalone diving but I did not know what they were. I like the video how it gives information about the sport. if I have any friends who want to know about abalone diving I def refer them to this blog.
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