Their distinctive hole-punched shells are still familiar, but the creatures that live inside them — abalone — have nearly vanished from Orange County shores. Marine biologist Nancy Caruso says she has ...
It’s a dreary morning on the Northern California coast. A man in wetsuit and snorkel dives, scans the murky water through steamy mask, and is about to kick frantically for the surface when -- finally ...
John Warren thinks back to the days when getting his hands on abalone was as easy as jumping on a surfboard and plucking the plentiful shellfish off a reef. Warren, who grew up in Capo Beach, always ...
In the summer of 1983, I taught a field methods in underwater archaeology course for the USC History Department, with the classes and diving all at USC’s field station at Big Fisherman Cove on ...
Abalone range in size from 5-12 inches in length and are found in coastal waters. Image: NOAA photo library. Abalone range in size from 5-12 inches in length and are found in coastal waters. Image: ...
Sharks, red tide and scuba diving: That's enough to keep me from scouring the frigid waters of Northern California for abalone (and I can already hear the cries of gratitude from the wet-suiters who ...
Marine biologist Nancy Caruso at Table Rock Beach in Laguna. She and a team of volunteers search for signs that the depleted snail-like abalone are reproducing again on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. (Photo ...
John Warren thinks back to the days when getting his hands on abalone was as easy as jumping on a surfboard and plucking the plentiful shellfish off a reef. Warren, who grew up in Capo Beach, always ...