Nearly a dozen people had to be rescued in the first hour of the tightly managed abalone fishing season on Saturday.

SONOMA COUNTY (CBS SF) - The California Fish and Game Commission voted Thursday morning to end the abalone harvesting season early along the Sonoma County Coast because of a die-off of abalone and ...

Abalone divers are in for a shock this year, likely more uncomfortable than the first surge of cold ocean water inside a wetsuit. In the wake of an unprecedented abalone die-off in 2011, new ...

The California Department of Fish and Game voted Sept. 15 to close the fishery early but did not set a date. The abalone season typically opens April 1, closes during the month of July and resumes ...

WESTPORT, Mendocino County (CBS SF) -- The abalone diving season is off to a deadly start, with the latest death of a man trapped by rising tide along the Mendocino County coast Tuesday. There have ...

Raging waves are expected to bear down on the North Coast this weekend, making for an ominous beginning to the opening of abalone season Sunday. The National Weather Service has issued a high-surf ...

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