Thank you for the superb article on the plight of red abalone along the Northern California Coast. (HCN, 6/11/12, “Gastropodan Crimes”). Growing up in Crockett, in the San Francisco Bay Area’s East Bay, my brother and I spent more than a few days of our youth out in that frigid, four-foot-visibility water, being knocked around by the surge, searching for the mythical 10-inch ab. We both ended up finding one over the years of diving, along with many seven-to-eight inchers. I hope your article will bring exposure to the illegal poaching, and help maintain a sustainable abalone fishery.
Scott McKay
Nephi, Utah
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Hail the ab.
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