Love your channel in an ocean guy since I was four years old currently 64 is owl limpets I personally love to grind them in hand, grinder and mozzarella cheese, green onions, fresh garlic, some diced up bell peppers, wrapped him in a wonton wrapper deep fry them and dip them in a plum sauce. You only need seven or eight it goes a long way as per your earlier comment that when you don’t take more than you need thank you again for your channel.
Thankyou professor! I'm a Waterman who loves seafood and a retired coast guard licensed captain who also has seen major regression in seafood population my niece is a young marine biologist and we would like to see a great return of many species you just dont see anymore ! Keep up the great work brother!
Wow! You can hold your chopsticks so well and it's the correct way. I have watched so many Asian food bloggers whether they live in China or Asia young or old, they have problems holding the chopsticks. When you don't hold it correctly, it's difficult to pick up the food. I am with you 100 %, we need to respect nature . If we don't, there will be nothing left for the next generation.
Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Nice video and very informative🌷🌷Abalones are expensive delicacies🌷🌷Good to hear you letting people know the effect of over harvesting these gifts from the ocean.🥰
Hello! Thanks for watching! Remember that these are not abalone but limpets (totally different family and species). It is legal to harvest limpets in CA but it is illegal to harvest abalone in CA.
Very cool, I need to look for that book. I miss those abalone days... camping dinners with the sound of abs being tenderized on camp tables all around. 😊
YESSS please get Kirk Lombard on here! Sea Foragers guide is THE ULTIMATE coastal foraging guide and got me into it in the first place (along with your channel 😅).
Thanks! Lol the T-Shirts that I ordered for the street fair ended up showing up at my doorstep after the street fair was over due to a shipping issue! I will add merch to my website soon though! I appreciate your support!
so stoked to stumble upon your channel. I'm a novice forager looking for tips and advice. I picked up that book in a little store in Fort Bragg. It's super informative, very well written and a fun read. Looking forward to more of your vids!
Dr Kevin.. thank you for explaining everything. I'm gonna have to get that book. Limpid looked so good!! Have a great time at the street fair tomorrow.
Your video beautifully captures the adventure of coastal foraging in San Francisco. The joy and skill in catching and cooking limpets are evident, making it an inspiring and educational experience for viewers. And I am Floating Village Life
Hawaiians have been eating limpets for hundreds of years. They call them 'opihi. Usually raw with rock salt, and seaweed. Some people bake or grill the larger ones since they are too big, they are quartered and eaten. It's such a delicacy that it's been illegal to gather the smaller ones, but there are people that gather them and sell by the gallon glass jar for over $500 a gallon. It's so overfished that there aren't any available for Hawaiian Luaus.
Thanks for sharing! Overfishing is a huge problem around the world. Unfortunately in island ecosystems there is even greater risk as there is a limited coastline to harvest. I really wish people felt more comfortable reporting poachers who do not care for the resources that the rest of us appreciate and respect! In CA if you see illegal harvesting you can always make an anonymous call to 1-888-334-2258.
Over fished is exactly what the Catch and Cook California guy was talking about. Back then, Opihi were huge and plentiful at the fisherman's markets. Now not only is it hit or miss with the supply, they're tiny and more expensive.
Love abalone… used to dive for them in Santa Barbara back when it was legal and pan fry them with butter and garlic. Don’t think I ever had limpit, definitely not from California, didn’t even know they existed
i just had my first limpet on the fourth. i thought they were abalone. we took like 23 for 6 people but we also took some mussels. They were fantastic!
I am glad that you enjoyed the limpets but please know that abalone harvest in CA is totally illegal. Did you mean that the limpets tasted like abalone? Also, please be warned that mussels are in quarantine in the summer months in CA and can kill you if eaten during the warmer months! For more info on shellfish toxins please call the Biotoxin Info Hotline Maintained by the California Dept. of Public Health. It is a pre-recorded message 800-553-4133
opihi in hawaii, yellow belly's. can even use a putty knife. need to make sure what type and take only what u need (keeping a limit and under legal number). just marinate and throw on the bbq grill. yummmmm
@@kito1sanno lie. Ppl will be bringing out the entire family to get extra limits...sustainable fishermen and foragers are the tiny minority these days here in CA. Greed rules.
Thanks for the mini course on limpets. They are amazing little creatures. Do they sell limpets commercially? I live in San Diego and the foraging doesn’t seem as abundantly available. Many of the bigger coves/tide pools down here are protected as part of a city or state park.
As far as I know there is no commercially available limpet market in CA. It would not be sustainable to harvest to sell but an aquaculture operation is an interesting idea. That being said these can take 20+ years to grow so I am not sure that people would do it. Try far out on jetties and breakwalls but be careful. Also, as you said there is very limited reef foraging opportunities down there if you are not diving so if you find a spot, keep it quiet.
@@catchncookcalifornia1574 Yes, jetties can be slippery & dangerous…thanks for the advice! Maybe you can start an aquaculture operation (in your spare time, lol).
I'm wondering, how do you distinguish a shell from a naturally deceased limpit from one that was harvested by an indigenous person? Love this kind of content.
Great question! Typically we archaeologists would survey and area, test and excavate as part of a construction project (a highway expansion is a common example) in a spot of high sensitivity. When we encounter clear examples of a cultural site (stone tools, dense shell accumulations, animal bone, ash, charcoal, etc.) it is clear that people used this area for some time. Shells recovered from such contexts are not always burned, but sometimes, but in general their close proximity to other items like stone tools that are clearly not naturally modified starts to tell the story of anthropogenic processes and deposition. We also work very closely with our local tribal representatives, many of whom know where the sites of there ancestors are located. In such cases, purely based on the principal of association any marine shell found in a tighly clustered area with other items of undoubtable cultureal association would be considered ecofacts leftover from Indigenous subsistence practices. If any of the information that I discuss in regards to archaeology is of interest, please remember that arechaeological/cultural sites are non-renewable resources (once they are gone, they are gone forever) so if you encounter such a site, please leave it alone to help preserve these incredible and irreplaceble remenants of the past. Thanks for watching and for the insightful question
@catchncookcalifornia1574 Thank you Dr. Kevin, for the thorough explanation. History, whether natural or anthropological, has always fascinated me. I don't collect items except those which I can legally purchase, which is indirectly removing them, I suppose 🤔. It was a pleasure to meet you at the FL Street Fair. I look forward to getting out there with you on a Mushrooms ID course.
Nope. They are still being poached hard. The low tide pirates are getting them at night. There are plenty of them to eat in SF and SJ restaurants, as they are the main buyers of said abalone.
Unfortunately, until the sunflower star returns to provide balence to the sea urchin barrens the kelp forests are nearly gone on the North Coast so I do not think they will reopen it anytime soon. In the meantime, eat as much sea urchin as you can!
How far north do owl limpets go? I live in Del Norte the last county in CA I have been foraging my whole life I just don't remember ever seeing any limpits that large here?
I’ve seen some and wanted to give them a try, how long until they expire after harvest ? I found a nice spot about 2hrs away from home , would I have to keep them on ice to keep them fresh or would keeping them in ocean water be ok for the 2hr ride back home ?
They are adapted to be out of water most of the time so I would just wrap them in seaweed and leave them in the bottom of my bucket and not in direct sun for the drive back. If you submerge them in ice they will likely die and they will also likely not do well overnight underwater. But a couple of hours in sea water or on ice is likely fine.
I grew up in a coastal town in japan and have ate it but only a couple of time. In Japan people do not eat it but only some fishermen do in some area. limpets does not make large population and I think that is the reason it has never been a major food.
I became allergic to abalone when I was around 12 years old, so even though I really want to try limpits, I've been too scared to try them. Do you know how closely the two are related?
Nope. They are safe to consume year-round as they consume micro algae (like small seaweed) instead of filter feeding on planktons that may cause shelldfish poisoning.
Abalone season is still closed and will likely remain closed for years until the sea urchin populations are under control. The mollusks in this video are limpets
Limpets are common up and down the coast from Baja-Alaska. I do not share specific locations to help safeguard the sustainability of these resources but I assure you that if you look for habitat similar to what is shown in the video, you will find them! Good luck and remember to only take a few to keep it sustainable.
I would not eat limpets on rocks directly under moored boats (in a harbor for instance) or in similar contexts where petroleum or other contaminants might be leaking. I forage in clean waters.
Good question, the rim tightens while frying which creates a bowl-shape otherwise. This bowl holds oil and therefore makes the end product a bit greasy.
Giant keyhole limpets are one of my favorites as well! I tried this method of prep years ago with no luck. The more that I pounded it the tougher it seemed to be. Then I read that some folks do not pound M. crenulata, they just slice about 1/8" thick, dust in flour, salt and pepper and quickly fry. I was skeptical but then I tried it. Super tasty with a calamari texture! I did a full vid on it with giant wavy turban snails in a dive light review + catch and cook vid as part of my "How to Freedive Spearfish CA" series.
Love your channel in an ocean guy since I was four years old currently 64 is owl limpets I personally love to grind them in hand, grinder and mozzarella cheese, green onions, fresh garlic, some diced up bell peppers, wrapped him in a wonton wrapper deep fry them and dip them in a plum sauce. You only need seven or eight it goes a long way as per your earlier comment that when you don’t take more than you need thank you again for your channel.
Sounds delicious!
Came here from Fisherman's life. Loving the videos. 🌻🌷🍀
Thankyou professor! I'm a Waterman who loves seafood and a retired coast guard licensed captain who also has seen major regression in seafood population my niece is a young marine biologist and we would like to see a great return of many species you just dont see anymore ! Keep up the great work brother!
Thank you for watching and for the feedback/note
Love your channel and your compassionate attitude. More those like you.
Thank you!
Wow! You can hold your chopsticks so well and it's the correct way. I have watched so many Asian food bloggers whether they live in China or Asia young or old, they have problems holding the chopsticks. When you don't hold it correctly, it's difficult to pick up the food. I am with you 100 %, we need to respect nature . If we don't, there will be nothing left for the next generation.
Thanks! Honestly I am always a bit self conscious about my chopsticks skills so I appreciate the feedback.
Didn't ever hear of a limpet until today. Probably won't ever try but nice to know. Appreciate the education. ♥️👍
Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Nice video and very informative🌷🌷Abalones are expensive delicacies🌷🌷Good to hear you letting people know the effect of over harvesting these gifts from the ocean.🥰
Hello! Thanks for watching! Remember that these are not abalone but limpets (totally different family and species). It is legal to harvest limpets in CA but it is illegal to harvest abalone in CA.
It is very similar with abalone and thanks for the helpful information
Thanks for the new reading material and recipe, Doc!
Very cool, I need to look for that book. I miss those abalone days... camping dinners with the sound of abs being tenderized on camp tables all around. 😊
Such a great passage from the book! I haven't actually picked up a copy myself, but going to now! I love limpets, looked like a super tasty recipe.
Man that looks delicious!
YESSS please get Kirk Lombard on here! Sea Foragers guide is THE ULTIMATE coastal foraging guide and got me into it in the first place (along with your channel 😅).
I will give him a call today. He is a great guy!
Great stuff. Thanks for talking sustainability and responsibility.
Really cool vid, Seaside Carer !! Love your recipe & the frugal attitude you so kindly teach. Hola from Barcelona, bro. 🌿💙 🧜♂️
What a great episode. I love the limpets! Excited to go for these! Also excited for your merch.
Thanks! Lol the T-Shirts that I ordered for the street fair ended up showing up at my doorstep after the street fair was over due to a shipping issue! I will add merch to my website soon though! I appreciate your support!
Hi Kevin, it was so nice to meet you at the fishermen’s life event. Continue all the hard work you do. Thanks you Mia
Likewise! And thank you for the support!
so stoked to stumble upon your channel. I'm a novice forager looking for tips and advice. I picked up that book in a little store in Fort Bragg. It's super informative, very well written and a fun read. Looking forward to more of your vids!
So stoked that you are getting into it and that you found my channel! That book is pure gold!
I love how you are cooking with chopsticks. Thanks for the video! Nice catch! I love seaweed salad
Lol Diane rubbed off on me I guess
@@catchncookcalifornia1574 I am from San Francisco, now in San Diego. But always wanted to cultivate seaweed for sustainability
Dr Kevin.. thank you for explaining everything. I'm gonna have to get that book.
Limpid looked so good!! Have a great time at the street fair tomorrow.
Great video
Your video beautifully captures the adventure of coastal foraging in San Francisco. The joy and skill in catching and cooking limpets are evident, making it an inspiring and educational experience for viewers.
And I am Floating Village Life
New subscriber. Wanted to say I really enjoyed this video from start to finish. Very informative.
Thanks so much!
Great show Kevin! I wish you would make more
Dropping new content this week!
Thanks Kevin for sharing your knowledge!
One more of the many more things to harvest. Thanks for sharing once again you hit a wonderful species to cook up-
Thanks for the great video and special thanks for your great, clear message about conservation!
so awesome how you include the regs for different parts of cal. coming from socal! 🤙🏼
I appreciate the information tou give. Much love!
Hawaiians have been eating limpets for hundreds of years. They call them 'opihi. Usually raw with rock salt, and seaweed. Some people bake or grill the larger ones since they are too big, they are quartered and eaten. It's such a delicacy that it's been illegal to gather the smaller ones, but there are people that gather them and sell by the gallon glass jar for over $500 a gallon. It's so overfished that there aren't any available for Hawaiian Luaus.
Thanks for sharing! Overfishing is a huge problem around the world. Unfortunately in island ecosystems there is even greater risk as there is a limited coastline to harvest. I really wish people felt more comfortable reporting poachers who do not care for the resources that the rest of us appreciate and respect! In CA if you see illegal harvesting you can always make an anonymous call to 1-888-334-2258.
Over fished is exactly what the Catch and Cook California guy was talking about. Back then, Opihi were huge and plentiful at the fisherman's markets. Now not only is it hit or miss with the supply, they're tiny and more expensive.
Just stumbled onto your channel Kevin -- Great work, and great advice!
Stoked that you found me. Thanks for the positive feedback!
Awesome video Kevin! Love hearing the mentality of conservation preached!!
Thank you for this educational video. You’re a cool dude.
Thanks!
Hey Kevin,
Enjoy the Fisherman Life fair!
Blessings,
K.T.
Love abalone… used to dive for them in Santa Barbara back when it was legal and pan fry them with butter and garlic. Don’t think I ever had limpit, definitely not from California, didn’t even know they existed
Just found your wonderful channel. We know kirk and we fish here too. Thank you!
Thanks for watching! Thats great!
9:26 You make that look so good that you almost make a crippled guy want to crawl down over the rocks to try to get some
Those look delicious Kevin!
Very cool. Thank you.
Cool video you make the limpets look like pretty good eating lol
I love foraging out in the ocean too! I hope we can somehow go to the beach together~ Guia Starks.
love your stuff man. keep it up. ill defiantly be watching
another great vid!
I love your ethics man I subscribed 👍
Much appreciated!
Bruh!!! That Opihi looking very meaty and Ono🤙❤️😎😋🤤 better looking than the ones we get here in Hawai'i.
I bought that book you recommended.
thank you for sustainably foraging!!
Awesome video, just earn yourself a subscriber ❤ looking forward for more content 😌
Right on!
So cool!
Great vid as always! The seaweed salad looks fantastic. Do you have a video specifically on harvesting and making that particular salad?
Thanks! Coming soon!
Looks soo yummie ❤❤❤
i just had my first limpet on the fourth. i thought they were abalone. we took like 23 for 6 people but we also took some mussels. They were fantastic!
I am glad that you enjoyed the limpets but please know that abalone harvest in CA is totally illegal. Did you mean that the limpets tasted like abalone? Also, please be warned that mussels are in quarantine in the summer months in CA and can kill you if eaten during the warmer months! For more info on shellfish toxins please call the Biotoxin Info Hotline Maintained by the California Dept. of Public Health. It is a pre-recorded message 800-553-4133
opihi in hawaii, yellow belly's. can even use a putty knife. need to make sure what type and take only what u need (keeping a limit and under legal number). just marinate and throw on the bbq grill. yummmmm
Nice! We can't use tools to harvest them here in CA. I will have to try marinated and grilled. That sounds great!
Yay!! Hope tonsee you tomorrow will grab a stitcker
Hmmmm good food, one day you invite me and I will eat the seafood that you catch !
Very nice Video!
Keep the old ways alive! 🤙
Funniest taste test reactions for sure! 😅
sick video brother
I never eat one but seems good and thank you you let us know that they are like cows
Sustainably caught seafood is the way to go. I'm not in California, but if I was, I'd like to try that. It does look good. Cheers! 👍🏻👍🏻✌️
Sustainable? Uh. Wait till there are 100 of people hammering the same spot everyday. It will be no more. An example is the horseneck calm sites...
That is why Dr. Kevin always points out how to maintain the environment, do not take too much for personal use and forage in multiple spots@kito1san
@@barbarasmith9809 Exactly. We all can do our part to keep seafood sustainable for future generations to enjoy. Cheers! ✌️
@@kito1sanno lie. Ppl will be bringing out the entire family to get extra limits...sustainable fishermen and foragers are the tiny minority these days here in CA. Greed rules.
Thrilling
I am new…ty Dr Science Food Man👍🏻
Welocome! And thanks for checking out the vids!
As a constant beachcomber, I've never seen limpets this size before. Intriquing to say the least.
Your videos make me wish I liked see food
Thanks for the mini course on limpets. They are amazing little creatures. Do they sell limpets commercially?
I live in San Diego and the foraging doesn’t seem as abundantly available. Many of the bigger coves/tide pools down here are protected as part of a city or state park.
As far as I know there is no commercially available limpet market in CA. It would not be sustainable to harvest to sell but an aquaculture operation is an interesting idea. That being said these can take 20+ years to grow so I am not sure that people would do it. Try far out on jetties and breakwalls but be careful. Also, as you said there is very limited reef foraging opportunities down there if you are not diving so if you find a spot, keep it quiet.
@@catchncookcalifornia1574
Yes, jetties can be slippery & dangerous…thanks for the advice!
Maybe you can start an aquaculture operation (in your spare time, lol).
Tons of these little guys in Dana point harbor
Hey Dude! This video was awesome, could you recommend a foraging book for the southern coast of California?
Honestly, the Sea Foragers Guide to Northern CA translates very well to SoCal as well. I think it is a great resource for the whole coast!
Man those are some big limpets!
Limpets are delicious 🙂
You can also make wontons out of these things, like wonton abalone. Look it up.
That makes sense but it would take way too many for the resource to remain sustainable.
"Catch yourself an eel."😂😅😢
I do miss gathering food from the cost.
I also miss Kurt's Blog.
Right on
I'm wondering, how do you distinguish a shell from a naturally deceased limpit from one that was harvested by an indigenous person? Love this kind of content.
Your looking for scratch marks from tools, burn marks or shell mounds, ancient dumps
Great question! Typically we archaeologists would survey and area, test and excavate as part of a construction project (a highway expansion is a common example) in a spot of high sensitivity. When we encounter clear examples of a cultural site (stone tools, dense shell accumulations, animal bone, ash, charcoal, etc.) it is clear that people used this area for some time. Shells recovered from such contexts are not always burned, but sometimes, but in general their close proximity to other items like stone tools that are clearly not naturally modified starts to tell the story of anthropogenic processes and deposition. We also work very closely with our local tribal representatives, many of whom know where the sites of there ancestors are located. In such cases, purely based on the principal of association any marine shell found in a tighly clustered area with other items of undoubtable cultureal association would be considered ecofacts leftover from Indigenous subsistence practices. If any of the information that I discuss in regards to archaeology is of interest, please remember that arechaeological/cultural sites are non-renewable resources (once they are gone, they are gone forever) so if you encounter such a site, please leave it alone to help preserve these incredible and irreplaceble remenants of the past. Thanks for watching and for the insightful question
@catchncookcalifornia1574 Thank you Dr. Kevin, for the thorough explanation. History, whether natural or anthropological, has always fascinated me. I don't collect items except those which I can legally purchase, which is indirectly removing them, I suppose 🤔.
It was a pleasure to meet you at the FL Street Fair. I look forward to getting out there with you on a Mushrooms ID course.
Do you think we will see Abalone season come back in our life time? Man i miss those days
Nope. They are still being poached hard. The low tide pirates are getting them at night. There are plenty of them to eat in SF and SJ restaurants, as they are the main buyers of said abalone.
Unfortunately, until the sunflower star returns to provide balence to the sea urchin barrens the kelp forests are nearly gone on the North Coast so I do not think they will reopen it anytime soon. In the meantime, eat as much sea urchin as you can!
Hey Kevin do you know if these are safe to harvest year round? Just wondering if red tide will have an effect on them. They look fantastic.
They are grazers not filter-feeders so yes, they are safe year round.
Love how you educate us. My kids and i enjoy watching amd learning
I love hearing that!
Let’s all go and do everything everywhere
7:18 dude is using the chopsticks PROPERLY!
How far north do owl limpets go?
I live in Del Norte the last county in CA I have been foraging my whole life I just don't remember ever seeing any limpits that large here?
Just found out about you from the fisherman’s life market, I’m enjoying your videos and appreciate the teachings on sustainability!
I am very happy that we were able to connect! Thanks for watching!
Do u have a vid making ur “seaweed salad?”
Not yet but I will post one soon!
I’ve seen some and wanted to give them a try, how long until they expire after harvest ? I found a nice spot about 2hrs away from home , would I have to keep them on ice to keep them fresh or would keeping them in ocean water be ok for the 2hr ride back home ?
They are adapted to be out of water most of the time so I would just wrap them in seaweed and leave them in the bottom of my bucket and not in direct sun for the drive back. If you submerge them in ice they will likely die and they will also likely not do well overnight underwater. But a couple of hours in sea water or on ice is likely fine.
@@catchncookcalifornia1574 really appreciate your input, thank you !
is there a foragers guide for southern California? or is generally the species the same?
Not that I know of but yes, Kirk's book showcases most of the species down there as well
I grew up in a coastal town in japan and have ate it but only a couple of time. In Japan people do not eat it but only some fishermen do in some area. limpets does not make large population and I think that is the reason it has never been a major food.
I became allergic to abalone when I was around 12 years old, so even though I really want to try limpits, I've been too scared to try them. Do you know how closely the two are related?
They are close cousins so I would not recommend it if you have an allergy. Sorry to hear that!
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Well since Abalone is closed I guess I can try one of these limpets 😂
SoCal wavy turban snail is another tasty one!
DO I need to call the biotoxin hotline to know if these limpets are safe to eat? Thanks Kevin for the video.
Nope. They are safe to consume year-round as they consume micro algae (like small seaweed) instead of filter feeding on planktons that may cause shelldfish poisoning.
noice!!
is the abalone season close couple years arealdy. it open again?
Abalone season is still closed and will likely remain closed for years until the sea urchin populations are under control. The mollusks in this video are limpets
Where in SF would I be able to find these?
That is some large limpets.
I can use it for baits
I like abalone l will try it lumped.
Can you eat the guts or make a sauce with the gut by chopping it and mixing it with soy and ponzu?
Yes the gut is edible and often eaten in Hawaii. I have never tried making a sauce from the gut. Good idea! Please report back if you try it!
Can you suggest any books on historic foraging of indigenous peoples on the west coast/pacific northwest?
I will have to think about it. "Indian Fishing" by Hillary Stewart is a pretty cool book based on the material culture of the region though.
Where can we forage these I would like to try it out
Limpets are common up and down the coast from Baja-Alaska. I do not share specific locations to help safeguard the sustainability of these resources but I assure you that if you look for habitat similar to what is shown in the video, you will find them! Good luck and remember to only take a few to keep it sustainable.
So what does the Algae absorbs from polluted water which Limpets graze on?
I would not eat limpets on rocks directly under moored boats (in a harbor for instance) or in similar contexts where petroleum or other contaminants might be leaking. I forage in clean waters.
So, why did you slice the edges of the limpet? I was waiting on the explanation in the video, but it never came.
Good question, the rim tightens while frying which creates a bowl-shape otherwise. This bowl holds oil and therefore makes the end product a bit greasy.
Would this type and foraging and cooking apply to the Giant Keyhole Limpets?
Giant keyhole limpets are one of my favorites as well! I tried this method of prep years ago with no luck. The more that I pounded it the tougher it seemed to be. Then I read that some folks do not pound M. crenulata, they just slice about 1/8" thick, dust in flour, salt and pepper and quickly fry. I was skeptical but then I tried it. Super tasty with a calamari texture! I did a full vid on it with giant wavy turban snails in a dive light review + catch and cook vid as part of my "How to Freedive Spearfish CA" series.