Abalone at Sea Lion Cove

Underwater video taken on October 28th, 2008 at Sea Lion Cove near Point Arena, California. Despite claims that this area has been "80% depleted" the footage shows an overpopulation of abalone. Depth: 15-20 feet.

For more information visit www.fishpolitics.com or www.abalonenetwork.org.
Sonoma County Abalone Network (SCAN)
Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) www.joinRFA.org

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• abalone
• diving
• fishing
• california
• perlemoen
• mendocino

[chaseborchers]

do you recall how deep these were at?

[NoyoConfidential]

@chaseborchers

This is in about 20 feet of water.

[Eileen8490]

how come you dont seem to catch any

[NoyoConfidential]

@Eileen8490

We were just taking pictures with scuba gear for educational purposes. When taking abalone in NorCal, scuba gear is prohibited. Freedive only.

No abalone were harmed in the production of this video!

[TheNauded]

Nice seeing that there are still some good spots, they've poached most of everything here, asian triads trade ephedrine with the poor locals for abalone, it has cause an epidemic meth crisis.

[h5u2i]

there are many abalone!!!

[hunnypoopoo]

@0102ri it's legal to catch abalone in bay area.

[mistishtimite]

omg lovely. xx

[0102ri]

isn't it protected area?