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Topic: Here's a fun discussion...  (Read 839 times)

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Malibu_Two

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Suppose I'm diving in the Salt Point SMCA, where the take of abalone and finfish is permitted, but all other sealife is protected.
I pull a legal-sized abalone only to find it has a small scallop growing on its shell. What do I do? Put back a legal-sized ab, a violation known as high-grading, or keep the ab and therefore take a protected scallop?

I would keep the ab, personally.
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BigJim

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Take the ab, pop off the scallop and leave there.

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rockfish

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Pop the ab, scrub the shell clean with wire wheel and avoid stepping on kelp or sand fleas  :smt004
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