A rash of abalone poaching along the Northern California coast combined with a huge increase in legally harvested mollusks has left so few of the delicacies clinging to the rocks that the population ...

THE RED ABALONE may be the largest abalone in the world and one of the most esteemed foods of the sea, but interest among local divers in hunting the big snails in the North Coast’s frigid waters ...

Four people have died while abalone hunting this month, marking the deadliest start to the season in at least 20 years. Perhaps even more disturbing, heart attacks, drownings and fatal shark attacks ...

After my last adventure, I couldn’t stop thinking about getting back in the water! This time, I went abalone hunting safely at low tide, in just 2 feet of water. The underwater world was incredible - ...

A 59-year-old San Jose man apparently drowned Monday morning while abalone diving near the Point Arena lighthouse, adding to an already high ocean-death toll for the year, authorities said. "Now we ...

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 ...