oldschool abalone stuff

This article is pretty cool: http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=kt738nb1zx&chunk.id=d0e1670&brand=calisphere&doc.view=entire_text
I found it while researching the old abalone fishery in Monterey.

Attached are some old timey pics of Monterey.

thass a lot of shuckin' snails!   

disgusting and atrocious doesn't even begin to describe it. will probably never recover in our lifetime. glad they put a yearly bag limit and limit of 3 per day here north of San Francisco. didn't much like limit of 4 per day to 3 per day when new regulations were implemented. still don't like paying for abalone report card.
 if our grandchildren and great-grandchildren are going to share this resource it was a must and understandable.

I love the old pics of Monterey. 

just looked through the link.  Did you guys see that some skeletons were measured at over 7 feet tall? 

I know, that's crazy!

"Rock Pickers" 

Eating abalone can make you tall?