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, ...

Abalone divers are in for a shock this year, likely more uncomfortable than the first surge of cold ocean water inside a wetsuit. In the wake of an unprecedented abalone die-off in 2011, new ...

The California Department of Fish and Game voted Sept. 15 to close the fishery early but did not set a date. The abalone season typically opens April 1, closes during the month of July and resumes ...

Nearly a dozen people had to be rescued in the first hour of the tightly managed abalone fishing season on Saturday.

WESTPORT, Mendocino County (CBS SF) -- The abalone diving season is off to a deadly start, with the latest death of a man trapped by rising tide along the Mendocino County coast Tuesday. There have ...

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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 ...

An El Cerrito man searching for abalone died this week off the rugged coast of Mendocino County, marking the fourth fatality in the area this month related to mollusk-hunting. Joel Falcon, 52, and a ...

The sea giveth and the sea taketh away, that’s the fabled saying. For this year’s opening of the abalone season, set for Wednesday, the forecast looks like the old sea will not giveth up much.

From a California Department of Fish and Wildlife press release: Regulations for California’s popular red abalone sport fishery have changed in 2017. Due to concerns about the declining population, ...