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October 18, 2008 -

Dangerous Hunting

Good article in the Los Angeles Times on the risks of abalone hunting in California also details the legal restrictions.  Commercial harvesting is banned in California, and the restrictions on recreational harvesters limit the area of the hunt, the number and size of the abalone, and the equipment that may be used.

Abalone divers must have licenses and can take only one species, the red abalone, north of San Francisco. Divers are limited to three abalone a day and 24 a year. Each one must be at least 7 inches in diameter.

Divers are allowed to use a mask, snorkel and flippers. Typically, they also wear a weight belt and take along a covered inner tube to hold their gear.

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