Six people were busted for abalone violations at Tomales Point by Point Reyes National Seashore rangers who seized 17 shellfish over the weekend. Citations totaling $2,600 were issued for violations including undersize abalone, no fishing license, failure to fill out an abalone punch card, failure to tag abalone and failure of each individual to have an abalone measuring device, said John Dell'Osso, national seashore spokesman. "The good news is that 11 of the abalone were salvageable" and placed back in the ocean, he added.
The bust came early Saturday morning on a low tide, which enables easier abalone picking, an occasion on which the seashore's 12 park rangers are on special alert.
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