In 2004, long-term rights in the commercial abalone fishing sector were allocated to 304 successful applicants for a period of ten years. These rights expired on 30 July 2014 and reverted to the ...

Although abalone fishing was banned early last century, harvesting resumed in 1968 — and this threat combined with abalone wasting disease to wipe out the majority of Southern California's black ...

THREATS: White abalone were intensely harvested for commercial and recreational purposes during the 1970s. Fishing quickly peaked and crashed as the abalone became increasingly scarce. The ...

His books, including The Abalone King of Monterey, document the diverse cultural influences that shaped the local fishing industry. Old Fisherman’s Wharf, a historic waterfront district ...

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 coast of Catalina Island.