F*cking Russians.

They seriously tried the, "but we all look the same to you" defense.

I turned to him, I said
"A-balone, you're just being shellfish"
Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil
'Cause he was already on the phone to the cods

"Trolling for tuna"

He said I'd blown a seal.
I said, "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it. Ok, pal?"

Skyd1v: I turned to him, I said
"A-balone, you're just being shellfish"
Well, I knew it was going to be trouble and so did Gil
'Cause he was already on the phone to the cods

And what did you get for your trouble?

"And creating a nuisance."

Socks.

Really? Strange tag? Poaching in California is out of control and a huge drain on our natural resources and those of us who want to be able to enjoy them.

My baloney loves me some 'abalone'.

_euphemism

TheRedMonkey: Really? Strange tag? Poaching in California is out of control and a huge drain on our natural resources and those of us who want to be able to enjoy them.

Agreed. Poachers of any sort are farkwads.

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A bologna what? Sandwich?

I can name fifty states where poaching is a jailable offense. Duh.

"I didn't ask for a bologna sandwich! I wanted an abalone sandwich!"

They can have my Awabi when they can pry it from my cold dead paws.

Oh, it's poaching. You already have to be leery of rosewood guitars if you travel abroad, but dammit, I like my abalone inlays!

I see this on "Wild Justice" all the time.

Something is fishy about that story.

Poachers are a very low form of life. I would call them amoebas, but they would likely consider it a compliment.

At least they didn't get done for eating Pick-'N-Mix.

/better not be obscure
//fark poachers, be glad no one goes dian fossey on you over abalone

drkokintz: He said I'd blown a seal.
I said, "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it. Ok, pal?"

Sounds like you had a wet dream

Well, damnit, I say they deserve jail! Any chef could have told them that you should never attempt to poach abalone. It makes it rubbery and tasteless.

What a possessed abalone might look like:

Abalone, Abalone
Prettiest Mollusks I ever seen.
Folks down there don't treat you mean
My Abalone, my Abalone.

I sit alone most every night
Watch them trains roll out of sight
Wish that they were carryin' me
Some Abalone, my Abalone.

Crowded city, ain't nothin' free
Nothin' in this town for me
Wish to God that I could have me
Some Abalone, my Abalone.

How I wish that train would come
Take me back where I come from.
Take me where I can have
Some Abalone, my Abalone.

Rotgut whiskey numbs the brain
If I stay here I'll go insane.
Think I need a change of diet
Some Abalone, my Abalone.

Outside my window cold rain falls,
Sit here starin' at the walls;
If I was home, I'd be eating
Some Abalone, my Abalone

As someone who dives for Abalone on the Mendocino coast fairly regularly, this warms my heart. I love nothing more than seeing someone get busted for poaching.

irwin_m: anuran: drkokintz: He said I'd blown a seal.
I said, "Fix the damn thing and leave my private life out of it. Ok, pal?"

Sounds like you had a wet dream

Must have been cruising in the gulfstream...

Forget the cods, this guys's going to need a sturgeon.

I don't mean to go off and get all racist but Asian poachers, especially with fish, really grind my gears. I live in Orange County, CA and love surf fishing and I've seen so many Asian fellas walking away with 20 inch halibut, 3 foot tiger sharks etc. I've tried to tell them that they need to throw them back and they conveniently pretend to not understand English. I'm not saying that Caucasians or other races don't poach, there was a video last year of a stupid white guy dragging a black sea bass up beach in Newport but it seems like the vast majority of fish poachers are Asian. Mostly because they eat everything they catch unlike other races in CA who fish mostly for sport.

superfudge73: I don't mean to go off and get all racist but Asian poachers, especially with fish, really grind my gears. I live in Orange County, CA and love surf fishing and I've seen so many Asian fellas walking away with 20 inch halibut, 3 foot tiger sharks etc. I've tried to tell them that they need to throw them back and they conveniently pretend to not understand English. I'm not saying that Caucasians or other races don't poach, there was a video last year of a stupid white guy dragging a black sea bass up beach in Newport but it seems like the vast majority of fish poachers are Asian. Mostly because they eat everything they catch unlike other races in CA who fish mostly for sport.

leopard shark

"What are you in for?"

Mother stabbing and father raping.

If the subby knew anything about abalone, subby would know there is nothing strange about this. Abalone are serious business.

/used to dive for them near Jenner, CA

sotua: Oh, it's poaching. You already have to be leery of rosewood guitars if you travel abroad, but dammit, I like my abalone inlays!

Digging a little further, Abalone isn't listed in the CITES Appendices, so that's not an issue.

Well, not today.

phaseolus: sotua: Oh, it's poaching. You already have to be leery of rosewood guitars if you travel abroad, but dammit, I like my abalone inlays!

Cool, an excuse to hotlink some guitar porn --

Grit Laskin:

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Larry Robinson:

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Turns out you can't have anything you want at Alice's restaurant.

She drank like a ... She drank a lot!

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The only thing I am curious about is the relevance of the clotting factor of abalone blood. Are they actually hacking the abalone open to grade it, or are they just leaving low-grade specimens on the shore, presumably to die? If the latter is true then I don't understand what blood has to do with it.