A pearl of advice: don’t go picking huge amounts of random “seashells” on Californian beaches, as you may actually need a fishing license. A family learned this the hard way when their children collected 72 clams. The expensive lesson cost an eye-watering $88,000 fine.
Charlotte Russ and her family traveled to Pismo Beach from Fresno, California, USA, last year, where her kids, unbeknownst to them, broke clamming regulations.
The mom told Abc7 on Thursday (May 23): “My kids they thought they were collecting seashells, but they were actually collecting clams, 72 to be exact.”
