Freedive Shop 2016 Season Opener Talk

The Season opener talk is next Saturday.  The TNC (The Nature Conxervancy) Abalone Working Group is the second half of the event.  The chair of the working group and myself will be talking about the work we've been doing thus far, how we see it benefiting you/us, and our hopes for the FMP (Fishery Management Plan) process.  This is a rare opportunity to get informed on the progress and anyone interested in the abalone FMP should be there.

Hey Josh I've followed some of your posts on SB, and appreciate you repping us. Can you translate the initials, and give times and places please? thx!

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To sign up....here are the details:

2016 Season Opening Talk

Saturday March 19th, 2016
2500 Del Monte Street, Suite 110
West Sacramento, CA 95691
 
Shop Open: 10 am - 4 pm ( Day of the event only)
 
$15.00 registration fee includes lunch
 
Register early and receive 20% OFF a single in store item,  valid thru the end of March
Registration is limited to the first 100 people. No refunds.
 
Talk 1: North Coast Edibles. ( No not that kind )
Kevin Smith is an archaeologist and Ph.D. student at UC Davis. He has been hunting, fishing, gathering, and freedive-spearfishing his whole life. Author of the blog Countryman Foraging California’s Wild Side, Kevin enjoys sharing his passion for gathering and cooking the abundant wild foods that can be found throughout our state. Kevin, and his older brother Justin, were raised by the sea, gathering shellfish, fishing and eventually learning to hunt and spearfish: activities that helped feed them during their early college years and even today. In addition to his blog, Kevin writes cooking and outdoors articles for magazines such as Hawaii Skin Diver, Traditional Bowhunter, and the North Coast Journal. Kevin has also led edible plants workshops and invited guest lectures on stone tool manufacture and hunter-gatherer subsistence systems for over a decade ranging from California to Mongolia. This lecture will emphasize the prehistoric context of foraging, the importance of maintaining the tradition of foraging, identification of numerous edible terrestrial and marine species, and some favorite methods of preparation and wild food recipes..
Time: 11 am - Noon

Lunch: Noon to 1 pm

Talk 2: The Abalone Working Group: Citizen Science and Involvement in the Management of the Recreational Red Abalone Fishery.
Frank Hurd, Project Director at The Nature Conservancy, will present on the status of this exciting effort and will explain how fishermen can get involved.Recreational Fishermen are uniquely positioned to assist in collaborative research and monitoring through their extensive knowledge, time in the water, and desire to sustain fishery stock and access in perpetuity. Fishermen in the Northern California recreational red abalone fishery are working with The Nature Conservancy to demonstrate a collaborative approach to data collection, assessment and management.
Time: 1 pm- 2 pm

Abman, awesome- thank you very much!

Hey Josh I've followed some of your posts on SB, and appreciate you repping us. Can you translate the initials, and give times and places please? thx!

Modified the OP to clarify the acronyms.

This is great I will be there........Need to sign-up.

If it wasn't the last weekend of oinkers I'd be all over it.
Already have other plans.