THAT THEY ARE STILL OPEN. THIS WEEKEND...THE FIRST EVER ABALONE FESTIVAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CITIZEN'S LEAGUE HALL IN MONTEREY. THE TWO-DAY FESTIVAL HOSTED BY THE J-A-C-L WILL ...

Sara Boles of UC Davis’ Bodega Marine Laboratory gives an ultrasound to an abalone as part of efforts to help abalone more successfully spawn for aquaculture and conservation. (Jackson Gross/UC Davis) ...

Beneath the Municipal Wharf in the coastal community of Monterey, a fascinating experiment in ocean farming has played out for more than three decades. That’s where the Monterey Abalone Company grows ...

There wasn’t anything else like it when the abalone farm north of Cayucos was built. Interest in the aquaculture facility is renewed as a new group of scientists propose to revive activity at the site ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During a February visit to the old abalone farm north of Cayucos, about 900 concrete tanks once full of bubbling seawater pumped ...

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 ...

Kristin Aquilino stands outside a locked black door that has a sign that reads, "Authorized Personnel Only." "You're about to enter a room that has more white abalone than exist in the ocean, which is ...