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 ...

Q: As an avid abalone diver, it is disturbing to see all of the poaching going on. It is also disturbing that when the poachers are caught, they have such large numbers of abalone. Why do the wardens ...

Abalone diving, a popular family tradition and adventure sport, draws thousands of enthusiasts each year to the North Coast. But the once-abundant fishery is in danger, and state officials are ...

Five fishermen have been fined a total of more than $23,500 for exceeding the legal limit of abalone at Cape Naturaliste. The penalties were handed down at Busselton Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California wildlife managers have reduced the season to dive for red abalone by two months and sharply cut the amount of the mollusks divers can catch this year because of ...