A rash of abalone poaching along the Northern California coast combined with a huge increase in legally harvested mollusks has left so few of the delicacies clinging to the rocks that the population ...

THE RED ABALONE may be the largest abalone in the world and one of the most esteemed foods of the sea, but interest among local divers in hunting the big snails in the North Coast’s frigid waters ...

A Bay Area man who required a cliff rescue amid his crime and a Fort Bragg restaurateur are among about 200 people prosecuted for illegal harvest or trade of abalone caught off the Mendocino Coast ...

A man diving for abalone near Point Arena died Thursday morning, the third North Coast casualty related to abalone hunting this year. No one saw what happened to the 65-year-old Sacramento-area man, ...

After the last experience, I returned to abalone diving at low tide, exploring shallow waters. This adventure revealed a vibrant underwater world filled with fish and abundant abalone. #AbaloneDiving ...

Even after 40 years of diving along the North Coast, John Corbett said he was shocked Monday to hear that three recreational divers died in separate incidents over the weekend while hunting abalone ...

Citing poor environmental conditions affecting the Northern California red abalone fishery, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to reduce the annual limit on the ...