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.

Reporting from San Diego — Two Southern California men were fined in excess of $60,000 each and had their fishing licenses permanently revoked for poaching abalone and spiny lobsters off the ...

“Abalone and sea urchins are both herbivores that depend on healthy kelp forest ecosystems for food and habitat,” the CDFW said in a statement issued in 2016.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. – Three recreational abalone divers died in separate incidents over the weekend in Northern California, where powerful rip currents were reported. A low tide drew the divers ...

Seven people were cited for illegally harvesting red abalone during recent low tides on the Sonoma, Mendocino and Humboldt county coastlines, according to the California Department of Fish and ...

Abalone is grown commercially at Big Island Abalone at the National Energy Lab just north of Kailua-Kona. Agricultural tours on the Big Island of Hawaii, Dec. 1-6, 2013.

Abalone’s popularity in Hong Kong and other parts of Asia has fuelled a booming illegal trade in South Africa that is threatening the safety of unsuspecting consumers while enriching organised ...