CDFW’s Shellfish Health Laboratory has been working with UC Davis to help the recovery of White Abalone at the Bodega Marine Laboratory (BML), as part of the White Abalone Recovery Program. White abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) could once be found from Baja California to Point Conception and the Channel Islands. Populations significantly declined in the 1970s as the result of commercial fishing and in 2001 they became the first marine invertebrate to be federally listed as an endangered species. Th

With this Saturday’s scheduled abalone fishing given the green light (7-8am), here are Recfishwest's top safety tips for wading or diving the reef for abalone this summer 🤿 For Mandarin, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Tagalog, Vietnamese and Indonesian translations of this video, click here: https://bit.ly/4fNvHX5 For more tips on the safest and best gear to use when abalone fishing, click here: bit.ly/4iwqt4Q #staysafe #abalonetips #safety #abalone Department of Primary Industries and Regional