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The day I proposed to my wife on a beach north of Monterey, we found a nearly perfect abalone shell on the beach. To this day she uses it to store her jewelry
by bbarn 6y ago
The day I proposed to my wife on a beach north of Monterey, we found a nearly perfect abalone shell on the beach. To this day she uses it to store her jewelry in. Saddens me to think that no one else will ever find one of these mother of pearl treasures there again without the kelp forests intact.
- tenken 6y agoI see your point. But most national parks forbid taking natural items such as rocks, shells, etc. If everyone takes an item from the park there's no park left for future generations anyways. Kelp forest or no kelp forest ... https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2018/02/03/eco-tip-californias-beaches-arent-there-taking/302733002/ https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2018/02/03/eco-tip-c...
- jdavis703 6y agoGenerally the US National Park Services allows people to take two gallons of uninhabited shells from national seashores.
- nradov 6y agoThe larger abalone had already been wiped out in the Monterey area by sea otters and withering syndrome even before the purple urchins ate most of the kelp. Otters are the primary predators for abalone and when the otters were hunted nearly to extinction then the abalone population exploded. But then otters were protected so they ate many of the abalone, and withering syndrome killed others. I still occasionally see small abalone while diving. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Laboratories/Shellfish-Health/Abalone-Diseases https://wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Laboratories/Shellfish-...