Highly valued for its edible muscular foot and mother-of-pearl shell, the pinto abalone has declined significantly in recent decades and faces extinction unless it'ss protected — and soon — under the ...

Black abalone were once the most abundant large shellfish clinging to the rocks of intertidal zones between Baja and Oregon. A savored delicacy for sea otters and native coastal people alike, these ...

Thirty-one abalone, illegally harvested from the water off the shore of Montaña de Oro State Park, have been returned to the ...

But just five minutes from the town of Port Fairy, a popular stop along the route, lies a little-known marine experience at Ocean Road Abalone, one of Australia’s pioneering abalone farms.