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 ...

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 ...

(KRON) — California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials recently issued seven tickets to people poaching red abalone on the Sonoma, Mendocino and Humboldt county coasts. “Coinciding with a ...

If you've ever tried abalone, you've experienced a seafood delicacy that's becoming increasingly rare in the United States. All seven species native to the West Coast — red, white, black, green, pink, ...

With only four sessions permitted each season – each limited to just one hour between 7am and 8am – abalone fishers have limited time to catch their quota.

Though they have been eaten, utilized, and honored in Japanese, Chinese, and Native American cultures since prehistoric times, during the 1950s through the 1970s, abalone poaching was a common ...