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Gabby
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Posted: Sun Jan 15th, 2006 12:13 am |
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We clammed last year down in the lagoon by the condo's. I guess that was alright to do? Tried the links on the main page and can't find anything about clamming regulations...
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bartmanaz
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Posted: Sun Jan 15th, 2006 01:08 pm |
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Kind of a gray area I think. Technically that would be illegal unless you have a Mexican commercial fishing permit. But having said that, unless you were planning to sell them, and only consuming what you dig up, it is probably not a big deal. I'll get the regs and repost-see that link has finally gone dead.
Thanx
Bart
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Stuart
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Posted: Mon Jan 16th, 2006 04:31 pm |
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"The taking of abalone, lobster, shrimp, pismo clams, cabrilla, totuava, oysters, and sea turtles is prohibited by Mexican law. Anyone wishing to purchase any of these species to take into the United States must first obtain a form from the Mexican Government Fish Commission; only the Oficinas de Pesca located within Mexico provides this form. All purchases of these species must be made at designated public markets or fishing cooperatives."
From a detailed explanation of the regs at this link:
http://www.bajaquest.com/fishing/rules.htm
Don't shoot the messenger. Personally, I don't see any big deal in a couple dozen clams you're going to eat for dinner that night. Lord knows, I've seen many gringos go diving for lobster and scallops in Baja and eat them on the beach for dinner. I guess if you consume the evidence... but the paragraph above is the letter of the law.
Reading the same rules above, I guess I could eat all the totuava I wanted as long as I bought it from a "designated public market or fishing cooperative" and didn't take it back into the U.S.
You could also read the rules as "only pismo clams". Other types of clams may be perfectly acceptable to take, for example the large chocolate clams or small steamers.
I'm not a lawyer. I don't even pretend to be one on TV! I do my darndest to stay within the regulations as I understand them. If I feel something is questionable, then I don't do it.
Which brings up an interesting point of debate - should you simply stop fishing when you've caught your two dorado limit? The regs actually state that there is "no limit on the practice of catch and release." I think the worst I've been guilty of is being slightly over on limits a couple of times when a dorado was bleeding very badly or just too tore up to release. Into the fishbox with him. Technically, I'm over the legal limit. Morally, I see no sense in releasing a fish that's near dead. Wouldn't make me much of a sportsman to waste a perfectly good fish. Where do each of you draw that line?
Last edited on Mon Jan 16th, 2006 04:47 pm by Stuart
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Gabby
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Posted: Mon Jan 16th, 2006 09:59 pm |
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Rats!! Those were some of the best clams I had ever eaten! I looked around SC last year and couldn't find anyone that sold fresh clams. Maybe Guaymas?
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