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 ...

If you're a fan of shellfish, there's one type, once very popular, that might permanently remain off menus in the future.

To bring abalone back from the edge of extinction, scientists need to find improved ways of coaxing the snails into reproducing. By Wudan Yan Kristin Aquilino, a scientist at the University of ...

Robert Louis Stevenson visited the Monterey Peninsula in 1879, and his tour of China Point captured its exotic flavor: “You will come upon a space of open down, a hamlet, a haven among rocks, a world ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. You've held on to your fear of preparing seafood for too long. Now's the perfect time to experiment with the ocean's bounty. The tougher ...

LOS ANGELES (REUTERS) - White abalone - whose flesh is a delicacy and polished shell is prized as mother of pearl - are threatened with extinction. But scientists are looking to turn the tide for ...

THE RED ABALONE may be the largest abalone in the world and one of the most esteemed foods of the sea, but interest among local divers in hunting the big snails in the North Coast’s frigid waters ...

Tiny as a fingernail, these babies don’t look like much. But there is a lot of hope riding on their progress. These pinto abalone are being raised by the tens of thousands in dozens of 30-gallon tanks ...

My job is to write about the wonders and challenges of our coast and oceans, but I’ll admit: Before this story, I had no idea what an abalone looked like. They had vanished from the Southern ...

“What’s not to enjoy about being 50m from the beach?” said Tim, who runs Coastal Seafarms, an abalone farm on the outskirts of Portland in southwest Victoria. “I’ll take my board down for a surf ...