Their moving lights and night activity — "the kind of lights that usually mean someone is doing more than sightseeing," the ...

Abalone range in size from 5-12 inches in length and are found in coastal waters. Image: NOAA photo library. Abalone range in size from 5-12 inches in length and are found in coastal waters. Image: ...

John Warren thinks back to the days when getting his hands on abalone was as easy as jumping on a surfboard and plucking the plentiful shellfish off a reef. Warren, who grew up in Capo Beach, always ...

The decision by state Fish and Game commissioners is a blow to abalone hunters and a host of North Coast businesses that rely upon their patronage. It was the best option to conserve a crashing ...

The sudden death of thousands of red abalone and other invertebrates along the Sonoma County Coast over the past few weeks has prompted state wildlife officials to propose an indefinite ban on abalone ...

BIG SUR, Calif.— It’s four in the morning, damp and dark along the central California coast. Huddled around the back of a minivan, five scientists in waders and boots tenderly move 41 black abalone ...

SAN FRANCISCO – California wildlife managers have sharply reduced the amount of red abalone that divers can catch this year because ocean conditions have prompted extensive starvation in abalone ...

The body of an abalone diver was recovered Tuesday more than a week after he went missing off the coast of Mendocino County, authorities said. A beach visitor was checking surf conditions at Moat ...