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Pompano
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Baja Reflections - Naked Scallops
Graveyard of Bay Scallops
Once the Bay was literally paved with these tasty morsels.
This is what became of the huge population of Conception Bay scallops. The meat went north to US restaurants and markets. And eventually even these
shell piles began to disappear to be used in various projects.
I don't think Marcus Aurelius had this 'change' in mind when he wrote: "Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight.
[Edited on 3-22-2008 by Pompano]
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Ken Bondy
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Very thought-provoking, Roger. I have seen huge piles of shells, clams, scallops, abulon, etc. in other places around Baja, but I always thought they
were "middens" from indigenous people. I did not realize that the Bahia Concepcion scallops were farmed and exported. I assume that the scallops are
gone now?? What a sad story.
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This one's up the coast, a bit farther north. These mounds are amazing.
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Those are very attractive clam shells Roger. I've seen some of those piles one the other side of your bay. In fact you can see them easily with
GoogleEarth from space.
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Pompano
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Fellows, it was a sad couple of seasons....
That's about what it took to decimate the bay of scallops..2 short years to eliminate what nature created so many millenium ago.
We had about 2500-3000 people scallop-camping in the bay at those peak times back around 1987-1989. All engaged in scallop harvesting. Over 1000
pangas with divers and spotters. You could see the pangas piled high with mounds of scallops from a mile away.
The stench of the shore camps was overpowering when one went by boat past where Bob y Susan's nice resort is now, and almost all of Playa Naranjo
point, was a bunch of makeshift shacks surrounded with piles of reeking shells.
This was a common sight all around the perimeter of Conception Bay...from the point to the south end...26 miles of scallop camp.
Before that time, one could always be assured of a scallop dinner supplied by some local hookah-divers. Afterwards it was like a lunar landscape,
almost devoid of life.
It's that 'almost' part that gives us hope for the future.
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There were mountainous piles of Abalone shells around Newport Beach when I was a kid.
All gone....What a shame.
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Pompano
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Corky, try as I might...I just can't place that Google sat. photo. You sure that's in Coyote Bay? And if so, just where?
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Sharksbaja
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Directly across from Coyote.
[Edited on 3-20-2008 by Sharksbaja]
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Laguna San Ignacio
This can also be seen from Google Earth. I don't know the history of these shells, but will assume something similar to Pompano's description.
edit pic problem
[Edited on 3-20-2008 by bajadogs]
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Roger
About 30 years ago I spent a few days at Serenidad. The bartender, forget his name, also drove a cab, and one morning he took us south maybe 10 miles
into Bahia Concepcion, stopped at a nice beach close to the road, and we waded out maybe 50 yards into water that was about two feet deep. There,
just by rooting around in the silt with our hands for a few minutes, we collected several sacks full of big chocolate clams. We then waded back to
the beach where he lit a fire and boiled the clams in a large pot, adding spices and vegetables. We ate clams till we were stuffed, then managed to
put down some of the delicious chowder. It was a memorable day. I assume those clams are also not there anymore, is that right?
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Skipjack Joe
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That was 20 years ago. If they haven't been harvested since then why haven't the scallops come back?
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How bout this one, miles of clam shells and "gravel" beach south of Asuncion
[Edited on 3-20-2008 by Gadget]
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Pompano
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Corky...it's been a long time since I have been in space, but that could be close to the turnoff for Baja Patty's old rancho Margarita across
Conception Bay on the peninsula. That right angled shorefront could be what we call Jingle Beach...because of the pretty rose-colored thin shells
found there. Make great windchime projects for the ladies. And yes, there are many piles of scallop shells left there from the harvest days.
bajadogs...that was a very familiar sight around here for many years. Then a lot was hauled away to pave driveways, etc.
Ken..that taxi driver most likely took you to Santispac for the clam lunch. Chocolates were abundant everywhere back then, and Santispac was a
favorite destination from Mulege. We like to take the boat to Playa Sta. Barbara nowadays for good getaway and a chocolate-erotica dinner. Steamers
and botajones are there, too.
Skipjack, I am afraid the seed crop may be gone...but we are optomistic of the future. Given a chance, nature will restore our Bay.
edited to add this photo of another form of 'scallop'...mantarayas. The ray's wings are cookie-cuttered into perfect scallops and none are the wiser.
Now the once numerous schools of rays are gone, too...along with the sharks that fed on them.
[Edited on 3-20-2008 by Pompano]
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Baja Shell Middens
This is one of the many middens on the top of the Requeson Island. The thing I still can't figure out is why anyone would drag all those shells all
the way to the top of the island
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Just a little north of Conception at Shell beach I see scallops while snorkeling out front of our place. Not many but they are there. I also see
divers in the same area taking shell creatures of some sort. I can't tell what they are taking. Up the beach from us is a fish camp and they have
piles of some sort of sea snail type shells. Smells good. I don't know what they are or if the the divers are from the camp.
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close up
[Edited on 3-21-2008 by Sharksbaja]
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Hey Roger, can you tell where this was taken?
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The same area of Gadget's sundown photo... between Bahia Asuncion and Punta Prieta:
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Close up of the 'sand' on that beach:
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Tried to open this thread on my office computer yesterday and got blocked by our firewall identifying this as pornography. Go figure.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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