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, ...

It’s a dreary morning on the Northern California coast. A man in wetsuit and snorkel dives, scans the murky water through steamy mask, and is about to kick frantically for the surface when -- finally ...

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 ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Lifeguards rescued four people from choppy waters and rip tides in Northern California this weekend. The Press Democrat reports (http ...

The federal government on Friday proposed declaring the black abalone an endangered species, the first step in an effort to bring back the once-abundant mollusk ravaged by disease and excessive ...

California's red abalones are a culinary delicacy, and people come from far and wide to hunt for them along the state's rocky shores. But it's a dangerous sport, and abalone season claims an average ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Lifeguards rescued four people from choppy waters and rip tides in Northern California this weekend. The Press Democrat reports (https://bit.ly/1RLnhOp) that State Parks ...