The abalone trade was never centered in one visible industry in Point Loma, existing instead as part of a multilayered ...

Mike Couffer’s body floats with the motion of the ocean, his eyes peering through his face mask at the rocky tide pools beneath the chilly water’s surface. He uses a flashlight to illuminate the rocks ...

Part of a Santa Barbara, California, ranch, which includes a mansion, a private beach and an abalone farm, is on the market for $39.5 million. The 214-acre section of the much larger Rancho dos ...

A team of divers from Long Beach’s Aquarium of the Pacific, as well as other academic researchers, recently released hundreds of cultured white abalone into the ocean — in a first-of-its-kind effort.

How do you save a struggling sea species on the brink of extinction? When it comes to endangered white abalone, marine scientists are hoping “human helper” efforts will provide the necessary lifeline.