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Well, Kyaa knew this was Laurel's habit and practice. And more than likely so did the DM. Again, I don't know that this is what happened, but it seems plausible that it did, and was certainly a risky behavior. Somebody should have put the kibosh on it the first time it happened: you're...

I used to dive Sundiver a lot. When I first heard about this incident, and that it was Sundiver and Laurel, my first thought was to what I had observed once or twice on Sundiver in regard to Laurel when I had finished a dive early/my dive buddy had to sit out a dive. A couple times, Laurel...

You forward this to CDFW?

This was discussed in the last thread. It's a limited-exception carve out to make multi-day fishing charters economically worthwhile. However, you can't legally take bugs again until you're below 7 in possession.

I don't think laws or regs are the answer. I just don't see an enforcement mechanism. First, you don't need a license to buy dive equipment. That means that, as someone seeking to enforce safety regs, your opportunity to do so happens at resorts, on private boats, and at rental locations...

SCUBA is also one of those activities where you tend to have some people whose experience lends them to be somewhat reckless. A lot of intermediate level divers hit a point where they stop doing their checklists, or push limits that they shouldn't, precisely because their prior easy experience...

You may not need PADI certs - but the way liability structure is set up, you'd better bet that any boat that lets your dive without evidence of training or certification, or any shop that rents to you without such evidence, is going to be hammered if something happens to you. And chances are...

Well, that's the point, isn't it? You set a reasoned and reasonable standard of behavior, codify it in law, and then punish people who don't observe that standard of behavior, specifically by keeping them from hunting- you see a lot of lifetime fishing bans on people who poach abalone for...

[/COLOR] [/COLOR] Here's a trip report of the last fifty: http://cmbc.ucsd.edu/Students/Current_Students/MCB/Karpov_etal%202000.pdf

Hey, everyone remember that hundred year-or-so period where people could take abalone south of San Francisco Bay? Or remember that people used to be able to find intertidal abalone in southern California? And then abused the crap out of that? People are really, really bad at collectively...

Actually, Fish & Game searches are administrative- once they have a reasonable belief you may have been engaged in fishing or hunting activities, they have a right to search, even without a warrant. There was a case that came out on that a couple years ago involving a guy who was seen fishing...

I think Santa Monica Baykeeper is doing that in Santa Monica Bay. Would probably need some kind of environmental review for a concerted effort. Plus approval of CDFW. Casino Point being an MPA might also complicate things.

Do the interns get a Glock or do we have to share?

That was a question I had after reading that. But as near as I can tell, you'd shove your knife at an angle into the joint between the tail and carapace, into the carapace, and without severing the tail. Then devein. Seems like that would provide an avenue for fluids to leave the lobster's...

I'm totally going with you guys sometime in the next month or so. I was trying to sneak on one of your last trips for last season, but then they harbor got silted in, and *apparently* there were problems properly repairing the dredge...

Yeah, freezing whole uncooked lobsters is less than ideal, but it can be done. THis is CDFW's published position as far as I know: I'll let everyone know whether CFW has a problem issuing me a report card this year, since apparently there's some controversy at the moment. But I buy the...

Freeze them whole. Most of the boats have deep freezes and/or live tanks.

Pretty sure you can get a one or two day non resident license (plus lobster card) and you should be OK- no need for the full shebang. Check your regs though. Pretty sure the Magician has a live tank. You'd keep them in your catch bag until you get off the boat. You can transport them in your...

I'm not certain what you're saying here, but to clarify, the regs are pretty clear: during the time period for a multi-day affidavit, you can take 7 bugs per day, and only 7 bugs per day. The affidavit allows you to possess up to 21 bugs (one for each day covered in the multi-day trip: if...