California’s recreational harvest of abalone has been banned since 2018. On Thursday, Dec. 11, 2025, the Fish and Game Commission approved the extension of the ban. The California Fish and Game ...

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 ...

Just outside the town of Mendocino in the middle of Van Damme Beach, a weathered placard educates bystanders about the region's red abalone, a once prolific seasnail whose mild taste and iridescent ...

Once upon a time, Indigenous people living off the coast of California and Mexico's Baja Peninsula regularly ate white abalone. The area's inhabitants fished for this delicious and nutritious mollusk ...

The Commission suspended the recreational abalone fishery indefinitely today after sharp declines in the population in recent years due to environmental changes. Warm water events have reduced kelp ...

Later today, the state Fish and Game Commission will meet at the Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa to hear testimony regarding implementation of the Marine Life Protection Act. After more than a year of ...

Shailene discovers how abalone and purple sea urchin are being sustainably harvested. Shailene Woodley pays a visit to The Cultured Abalone Farm where she meets with General Manager and Partner Doug ...

California has decided that red abalone will stay off recreational menus for another decade, extending a closure that has already reshaped life along the North Coast. The move reflects a hard lesson ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday to extend the closure of the recreational red abalone fishery for another decade, keeping the ban in place until April 2036.