Seven people from Santa Clara County were arrested Thursday in connection with an alleged poaching ring that authorities said was responsible for illegally harvesting as many as 700 abalone off the ...

In a blow to abalone hunters and a host of North Coast businesses that rely upon their patronage, the state Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to suspend the harvest of red abalone in 2018, ...

'There's so many people who find real joy in abalone fishing, and we hate to shut it down. That's a given,' says state Fish and Game Commission President Eric Sklar, but that's what officials are ...

The earrings are only a couple of inches long, but the masterfully carved salmon look like they’ve leaped from the water to whisper in the wearer’s ear. Their glowing red hues and iridescent ...

The California Fish and Game Commission voted last week to close the 2018 red abalone season after populations of the prized snail plunged for several years. The unanimous vote, issued Dec. 7 ...

Wild abalone is somewhat of a rarity in Sacramento restaurants, but the expensive mollusc is considered a delicacy by many. Erhardt Krause Sacramento Bee file A Sacramento restaurant owner has been ...

SANTA CRUZ (AP) -- California wildlife officials are recommending that the 2018 abalone fishing season be canceled due to concerns about declining population. The Mercury News reports Wednesday the ...

Urchin diver Stephanie Mutz (left) brings in the purple urchins to The Cultured Abalone, where employees such as Devin Spencer (center) and Becca Troske help to fatten them. For a spiny creature that ...

A diver died over the weekend during an abalone excursion with friends off the coast of Mendocino County, authorities said. Steve Nguyen, a 58-year-old Oakland resident, was searching for abalone for ...

It is an odd spot for a miracle, this motley collection of beachfront shacks and sea-scoured concrete tanks clinging to a sunburned bluff above the Pacific just north of Morro Bay. But it’s hard to ...

In recent years, harmful algal blooms (HABs) have occurred frequently along the coast of China and have caused massive shellfish mortality. However, little is known about the impacts of HABs on the ...