Key Points
- New Year’s Day brought hordes of people to La Jolla Shores tide pools.
- King tides made the tide pools especially exposed, revealing marine life.
- Many people were documented mishandling marine life, which is a crime.
On New Year’s Day, hordes of people flocked to La Jolla Shores in San Diego, CA to explore the tide pools, which were especially exposed thanks to a king tide event.
However, instead of looking with their eyes, not their hands – as one might tell a child – many tide pool visitors were seen picking up wildlife, plucking starfish off the rocks, snatching live lobsters, stomping on sea anemones, and other marine life atrocities.
As imagined, many environmental advocates were furious from the scenes…