re: #113 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷

‘It kind of ruined our trip’: Family fined $88K after trying to pick up seashells on the beach and making a costly mistake (Law & Crime, yesterday)

TL;DR: Pismo Beach clams are endangered. They require a state license to collect.

The judge reduced her fine to $100. She got a tattoo of a clam as a reminder of her day with her children at Pismo Beach. She says she wished the city or state had signage stating what’s legal to collect on the beach.

Reminds me of the ammunition smugglers in Turks and Caicos. The usual suspects in the media (Faux, NY Pest etc.) emphasized that the hapless Americans were potentially facing several years in prison for their carelessness. When the first one came up for trial, though, the judge said, “Sentence suspended, now get the hell out of here. Oh, and leave the bullets at home if you ever come back.” (Not an exact quote but words to that effect.)