Video Footage of abalone taken from a SCUBA dive at one of the State Parks near Fort Bragg, CA. Taken at about 30 feet deep, the video also includes footage of an albino abalone.
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@jamiemazzoccoli82467 күн бұрын
This video is AMAZING! Thank you for making and sharing ❤
@yalp18 жыл бұрын
I've been diving the California coast for 16+ years. Never thought I would ever get to sea a white abalone. This gives me hope that I may see one in the wild some day. It's like seeing a unicorn.
@biblicaltheologyexegesisan9024 Жыл бұрын
now that is the mother load you hit the jackpot and there were a ton of small fish that just spawned - how cool is that
@mattwoolery23695 жыл бұрын
I went Scuba diving at Mackerricher state park in Fort Bragg, November 9, 2018. About thirty feet off shore we counted over a hundred abalone in a small area about nine feet deep. About thirty feet further out we encountered thousands of purple urchins. the rocks were covered with them. It was as if they were pushing the Abalone towards the shore. Sad to see.
@poetryjones7946 Жыл бұрын
Gorgeous. Thank you. Such a beautiful fish.
@zpydd_2 күн бұрын
theyre snails
@zazamicofifi8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, I have never even heard of this many abalone in one area...well do CA
@geolotuscalifornia14708 жыл бұрын
very nice video! thank you!
@waterman184 жыл бұрын
Have you been back since you filmed this? All the Abalone look healthy yet there is a lack of any algae for them to eat. Moonscape bottom. No Purples and only a small pocket of Red Urchins. I wonder what it looks like there now.
@FATHERSOFBASS Жыл бұрын
Monstersssssssss I love it thank you 8 years later
@hamerding4 жыл бұрын
There is a spot on the south side of Mendo Bay that I saw a acre of abs much thicker in numbers than this. They were stacked 2 deep as far as I could see and I saw other spots also thick in abs but that spot in Mendo Bay was the best.
@mdgf2428 жыл бұрын
woaw!!!!! look's so cool!!!!
@michaeltaylors24566 жыл бұрын
While this particular spot is definitely more abundant than most deeper locations along the north coast . I don’t think this is all that unusual . I seen spots while on SCUBA similar to this over the years , usually past the 50’ depth on solid rocky outcrops and ledges . 1977 to 2010
@dominicbarbas41836 жыл бұрын
Very very pretty. Love my snails.
@paulstemmet26263 ай бұрын
This was the amount of abalone on the rocks off Cape Town when i was young then the Chinese came and offered big bucks per kg and slowly but the stocks dwindled over the years to the hand of poachers. Hopefully it will get back to its old way where anyone could go out and get a cuota to take home for a delicious meal.
@normkaiawe18992 жыл бұрын
What a special place from new Zealand 💯 awsome vid are they endangered
@ericwunsch833410 жыл бұрын
This is not an albino abalone. It is a white abalone, indigenous to California and Mexico. Considered an endangered species. Been diving 35 years and have never personally observed one. Someone should show this footage to the CA biologists, both for the white abalone, and the fact that their abalone population survey methods should be redesigned to use experienced abalone divers (not grad students), and realistic survey methods that actually count the abalone where they live--in cracks, under rocks and hidden in kelp.
@kekw51538 жыл бұрын
Are they edible though even though it seems rare?
@bajaxbajax9107 жыл бұрын
nah, modern abalone are full of mercury and phytotoxins. get farmed ones.
@andychiza795 жыл бұрын
where do the wild abalone show these? USA? @@bajaxbajax910
@bajaxbajax9105 жыл бұрын
@The Queen Yes, that's one of the reasons they're so rare.
@truthfulpatriot912920 күн бұрын
good luck with the White Sharks 🦈
@mikecoltan516310 жыл бұрын
Nice vid Blake! I agree w/ Eric's comment on survey methods! This is probably at one of the State Parks that are monitored by these biologists........bet they didn't see these healthy stocks!
@ZGADOW9 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure you would be surprised how competent most of the surveyors are, and I'm sure that the surveys are as thorough as they need to be to get a good idea of the general population trends. The same areas have been surveyed for decades now.
@lz77525 жыл бұрын
우와!!! 저기 어디 나라입니까? 전복밭이네!!!! Which country is this?
@msbutterbeans Жыл бұрын
So this is eight years old but still holy F!!!! I counted 157!!!
@ezyb92510 жыл бұрын
Were you diving north or south of fort Bragg?
@kevinblanchard6115 жыл бұрын
Red Abalone
@user-il8yu5nz9c Жыл бұрын
これは一体どこの海?こんな光景見たことないよ。教えて、俺も行きたい。
@Helena-cc8lv4 жыл бұрын
nice
@kevinkraft96548 жыл бұрын
don't see much food for all those abs??
@bjnativo880510 жыл бұрын
Looked like you got video of 2 albino species in the water...
@geolotuscalifornia14708 жыл бұрын
also white abs live in 80 to 200 ft of water
@barryculloty25685 жыл бұрын
Notice how little kelp there is, these babies eat algea , but they need kelp too. Not much around!
@nzbudz69558 жыл бұрын
what country is this?
@cheehoo7 жыл бұрын
this is off the coast of California
@frankchang4362 жыл бұрын
OMG!
@Ava_Orchid9 жыл бұрын
They seem to be doing quite well there. Only time I have seen footage of that many abalone was at a breeding facility. Of course I am not an expert on abalone lol just looked like a good amount of them :) Cool vid. Thanks!
@user-xh1qg1uf3s9 жыл бұрын
avaorchid In Japan abalone per one was $8 per one at retail price. Abalone fishery is usually prohibited and also it is difficult to find out a good fishing point. It is like gold mine.
@familysolitty94682 жыл бұрын
😯
@ameer51206 ай бұрын
🤑
@SailingYachtDreamcatcher3 жыл бұрын
Speargun while scuba diving???
@Rick_Sanchez_C137_3 жыл бұрын
Different countries/states have different laws…. I haven’t read the description so don’t know where this is, but lots of places allow, some allow only Hawaiian slings with scuba, some only allow snorkel…. EDIT: Okay, looked, it’s California, I checked the website and for this season spearfishing is defined as “the taking of fish by spear or hand by persons who are in the water and may be using underwater goggles, face plates, breathing tubes, SCUBA, or other artificial underwater breathing device.” As found in 1.76 on the nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=190413&inline
@rl38862 жыл бұрын
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6 жыл бұрын
Shame California removed the season..
@barryculloty25685 жыл бұрын
There are a few reasons for that, but one is the lack of kelp, whether its another type taking over or something killing the kelp, urchin takeover too. When I was diving these places looked like forests! kelp everywhere! n the summer it was a bear getting thru it, now well you can see. Sadd, they eat that stuff!
@nvktransportinc.34837 жыл бұрын
wh
@geolotuscalifornia14708 жыл бұрын
I don't think white abalone gets that big, red abalone are the largest of all and those in the videos are probably 9" and above. white abs can't grow to that size
@ChristianCastleman4 жыл бұрын
geolotus california Whites get to over 9”. Record is 9.8”
@victormanuelmezafranco Жыл бұрын
Serael mas grande en California. El haliotis gigantea es el mas grande del mundo. Haya en japon