Their moving lights and night activity — "the kind of lights that usually mean someone is doing more than sightseeing," the ...

This adult 5-year-old red abalone has just released its eggs after spawning April 2, 2021. The tiny green dots on the bottom of the container are her eggs. Stressful childhoods can affect an ...

This adult 5-year-old red abalone has just released its eggs after spawning April 2, 2021. The tiny green dots on the bottom of the container are her eggs. (Isabelle Neylan/UC Davis) Stressful ...

(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 ...

California state-managed waters within the California current large marine ecosystem. Credit: PLOS Climate (2025). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000574 Dungeness crab, Pacific herring, and red abalone ...

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 ...

Illegally harvested red abalone — similar to those seen here in a 2019 file photo — were recovered during a recent traffic stop in Sonoma County. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) A routine traffic ...

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 ...

Isabelle Neylan holds a stack of 3-year-old, adult red abalone at the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory. The red abalone like to stack on top of each other. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not ...

A routine traffic stop in Sonoma County turned out to be anything but as police found methamphetamine, about three dozen illegally harvested abalone and a live pond turtle, authorities said. The ...