LA JOLLALA JOLLA — As white abalone slip toward extinction in the wild, scientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s fisheries service are racing to breed enough in laboratories ...

The earrings are only a couple of inches long, but the masterfully carved salmon look like they’ve leaped from the water to whisper in the wearer’s ear. Their glowing red hues and iridescent ...

California's most celebrated mollusks should sleep a little easier - - if indeed they sleep at all -- after a Thursday morning raid by California Department of Fish and Game agents on suspected ...

The authorities popped him near the docks in Port Angeles. On a March afternoon in 1994, a sleek fishing boat — not-so-subtly named the Abalone Made — came ashore after puttering around Freshwater Bay ...

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. (Terry Richard/The Oregonian) ...

The world’s abalone are threatened, endangered or otherwise vulnerable in nearly every corner of the planet. While captive breeding efforts are underway for some species, these giant sea snails are ...

Summer is the time cooks demand fresh-plucked tomatoes, peaches, berries and beans, but it's also the time to demand fresh-plucked seafood. In Half Moon Bay harbor, there's a twofer going on with ...

Sliced top shell abalone on cabbage with lemon and hot sauce. At left is abalone as it appears immediately after being removed from the can. 1 (16-ounce) can top shell, also called abalone-like ...

In a dark fish tank at a government-run lab, a bright sea snail scuttles out from its hiding place. It’s a pinto abalone, and its numbers are dangerously low in Washington state after decades of ...

FORT ROSS — As abalone diver Joe Vojvoda prepared to don his wetsuit hood and gloves on a rocky beach, he mused about the shellfish delicacy that lures many to the frigid waters. “To die for, just to ...

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