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1. Pick up the abalone. This may require prying the abalone from its hold, and using a stainless steel putty knife is recommended. But let's back up for a minute, because maybe you're wondering, What ...

Hunched over a tank inside the Bodega Marine Laboratory, alongside bubbling vats of seaweed and greenhouses filled with algae, Kristin Aquilino coaxed a baby white abalone onto her hand. She held out ...

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 ...

The shot the photojournalist was seeking was one of a gleaming lighthouse set against the dark night sky in a sleepy South African village. Capturing the image, though, meant passing through an agape ...

John Warren thinks back to the days when getting his hands on abalone was as easy as jumping on a surfboard and plucking the plentiful shellfish off a reef. Warren, who grew up in Capo Beach, always ...

Mike Couffer’s body floats with the motion of the ocean, his eyes peering through his face mask at the rocky tide pools beneath the chilly water’s surface. He uses a flashlight to illuminate the rocks ...

Shortly before it ends in the ocean, Municipal Wharf No. 2 in Monterey Bay runs through a seafood warehouse that looks like a garage. A man paces by the front door, waiting. Sure enough, in 10 minutes ...

A late-night vehicle search in Windsor led police to a trove of illicit finds: nearly three dozen illegally harvested abalone — large marine snails prized as a delicacy and protected due to their ...

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 ...

A police search of a vehicle pulled over in California turned up drugs, illegally harvested abalone and a pond turtle, California police reported. A 46-year-old Santa Rosa man driving the vehicle was ...