capitolkat
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sitting on the patio
The tide is way out and two guys are wading in about knee deep water off the beach in Comitan. One guys is real excited and had three big handfuls of
something and his friend wades out and takes them. Friend them walks down in front of our house and I ask him what he's got--"callo de acha" he says.
Scallops-- mummmm. and they are big as a plate. Since I'm a gringo I know it's off limits to me-but really nice to see the scallops right here in the
bay of La Paz. Norm
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.....and they are big as a plate.
Seriously big! Do you really get that large down there?
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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I wouldn't want to eat a filter feeder out of Bahia de La Paz.
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I watched the locals harvesting chocolata clams from the exact spot capitolkat is sitting for 5 years. They add lime & eat them raw right there
on the beach.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
.....and they are big as a plate.
Seriously big! Do you really get that large down there? |
They do; and I know where they are.
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Maybe that explains why the lights of my neighboring fishermen were on at 2:30 this morning. I think it was a combination of those preparations and
the almost full moon that woke me. The moon is like magic!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by lencho
| Quote: | Originally posted by longlegsinlapaz
I watched the locals harvesting chocolata clams from the exact spot capitolkat is sitting for 5 years. They add lime & eat them raw right there
on the beach. |
Ignorance is bliss. I agree with monoloco-- among other contaminants, too much raw sewage
goes into that bay... |
NO argument from me on that!!
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Shellfish are often eaten raw or lightly cooked and therefore bacteria and viruses won’t be killed. Cooking also won’t destroy biotoxins or other
contaminants that may be present.
I try to see if the area's water is clean. No marinas, grazing animal fields, big discharge pipes with crapola spewing out!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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BAy of La Paz
I remember the old days of lots of debris and crud in the bay. over the last few years the city and region have installed sewer treatment throughout
the region. The water clarity in front of my house is exceptional and twice a week my wife and I take a run for about 4 miles on the Malencon. The
water next to the city is equally clear. virtually every day we are downtown there is a work crew on the beaches raking the seaweed that washes ashore
and a large front loader comes down the beach and picks it up. Most days boats ply the bay in front of my house and fishermen with their nets pull in
large catches of fish. It's an active fishery and there is virtually no turbidity except in very high wave action that stirs up the sand along the
shoreline.
As far as I can tell it's not your grandma's bay. Norm
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Tell that to the oysters!
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Lencho-- like you -- when everything is pouring into the bay - or for that matter off Long Beach during a monsoonal rain- no shellfish of surfing for
me. but, since fecal coliforms are the dangerous stuff- other coliforms are present just about everywhere, but aren't dangeous to humans-- you should
know fecal coliforms have a very short lifespan-(depending on the volume of contamination it's generally hours and at most days before they oxidize)
and there hasn't been any rain for months here in La paz. So I don't consider fecal coliforms a current danger.
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Coliform with cheese sauce. YUMMY
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