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Including 2000,
2001, 2002 and
2004 regulation changes with a
2005
warning.
These pages offer an overview of the abalone harvesting
regulations in effect in Northern California at the time of these web pages
were posted. This information is provided in hopes of clarifying the relevant
rules and regulations and to save some harvesters (new and old) from the
sticker shock that comes with getting "popped" by a game warden or coastal law
enforcment officer.
This section is not a substitute for reading the
current Abalone
regulations and grasping their significance. When in doubt about
the meaning of a specific rule, a simple call to the Department of Fish and
Game provides quick and painless clarification. A decision on your part that
this or that regulation is of little consequence ignores the fact that there is
a good reason for even the most trivial seeming regulation. Be forewarned that
the law enforcement officers involved in this resource are rather zealous when
it comes to total enforcement.
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