Foraging Along the California Coast: The Complete Illustrated Handbook

No meal is more satisfying than your own fresh-caught seafood. Food can be harvested anywhere along the California coast whether you're a casual family or an experienced forager. If you are after bluewater gamefish or humble grunion, skindiving for abalone, gathering cockles,fishing from dighy, pier or shore, this handbook describes techniques, what gear you need, how to work with the tides and seasons, Fish and Game regulations, and cleaning your catch. More than 150 illustrations provide identification of creatures common along the coast.