Mom fined $88K after kids collect 72 clams from California beach thinking they were seashells: ‘Ruined our trip’

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Mom fined $88K after kids collect 72 clams from California beach thinking they were seashells: ‘Ruined our trip’

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The Department of Fish and Wildlife confronted the mother of five and told her that her kids were collecting the clams without a license, and issued her a ticket.

 

“Right before we went, that’s when I opened it and that’s when I saw the amount,” Russ said

She later received a fine in the mail ordering her to pay $88,993 before a San Luis Obispo County judge knocked her fine down to $500.

I wonder if the Department of Fish an Wildlife hoped this mother wouldn't fight that huge fine.