BACK IN THE DAY DIVERS COULD EASILY FIND OVER 1000 ABALONE PER DAY. NOW THEY ARE VERY RARE IN SO CAL (more common in nor cal) "Nostalgic for California abalone? Why they disappeared, and how 1 project aims to bring them back..catch limits set by the government at the time showed how plentiful they once were: Divers could take 120 dozen, or 1,440 per day, Caruso said..."

BACK IN THE DAY DIVERS COULD EASILY FIND OVER 1000 ABALONE PER DAY. NOW THEY ARE VERY RARE IN SO CAL (more common in nor cal)  "Nostalgic for California abalone? Why they disappeared, and how 1 project aims to bring them back..catch limits set by the government at the time showed how plentiful they once were: Divers could take 120 dozen, or 1,440 per day, Caruso said..."

https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/07/19/nostalgic-for-california-abalone-why-they-disappeared-and-how-1-project-aims-to-bring-them-back/