Yesterday I drove Juan out to san roque at 5:45 as he was doing an abalone evaluation. They record the density, weight and size of the abalone in
marked areas for the fisheries biologist who will be setting the quota based on this evaluation. They do several evaluations a year to keep tabs on
the species. It appears they will start the ab season in march and looks like they are in good shape.
Lobster season is wrapping up now and ends Feb.28th.
The San Roque beach was a flurry of activity with a smorgasboard of pescadadores in yellow, orange and green rubber pants... abuloneros, langosteros,
sargaseros and the big truck was there to load up the week's lobsters to bring them fresh to market in ensenada.
I felt a wee bit guilty as i skipped down the beach dancing to the music on my Ipod in the golden glow of dawn...while the fishermen set out for
another day on the water.
Bajagypsy - 2-10-2011 at 08:38 AM
that is beautiful, San Roque is still my favorite place on this earth.BajaRat - 2-10-2011 at 10:01 AM
HELP!!!!!!!!!!
All my doctors have said the only cure for me is a diet rich in langosta, abulone and caracol. I hope its not to late!Iflyfish - 2-10-2011 at 10:51 AM
You have call to skip and dance!! My hope is that we never, ever, lose our sense of wonder!
IflyfishTheBajaKid - 2-21-2011 at 03:18 PM
Don't feel guiltyvgabndo - 2-21-2011 at 08:16 PM
Same place, just up the arroyo, south of the cross, and on the right hand side I saw this.
[Edited on 2-22-2011 by vgabndo]
GrOUper-GAr - 2-28-2011 at 03:42 AM
more of the 'golden glow'
shari - 2-28-2011 at 08:22 AM
well that's it....done deal on lobster season for this season. Next up this week is caracol...followed by abalone in mid march....wooo hooo san roque
here we come!msteve1014 - 2-28-2011 at 12:54 PM
Break out the pressure cooker and blender....It's time for caracol cremma.
No spell check for that word.desertcpl - 2-28-2011 at 06:57 PM
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Originally posted by msteve1014
Break out the pressure cooker and blender....It's time for caracol cremma.
what is caracol
woody with a view - 2-28-2011 at 07:24 PM
caracol chorizo is insane!Ken Bondy - 2-28-2011 at 07:53 PM
Shari when Juan does the abulon evaluation is he freediving? Or on hookah or scuba? It is so good to know that there are still abalone on the west
coast of Baja, they are pretty well gone in Southern California. I am just interested to know how the samples are taken.shari - 3-1-2011 at 08:57 AM
Ken...areas are marked off with flags and they dive with a hookah setup and count the number of abalone in an area and take samples that are weighed
and measured (then eaten!!!). they do several evaluations a year to monitor growth of the abalone and the quotas are determined by this method. The
stocks are doing VERY well here as they have such strict regulations and protection of this valuable species. Both coops can abalone and it is an
important resource for the village along with lobster. Fishermen can only fish one or the other to spread the wealth around.
Lots of hungover pescadores today...lobster season ended yesterday and the fishermen are gonna sleep for days to recover from their 5 month season of
working 7 days a week with only 5 days off in 5 months...it is a grueling fishery.
