Michael Bear, founder of the Sevengill Shark Sightings website, has created an Android app which allows divers to log encounters with *any*shark directly from their Android smart phones. The app, …

If you’ve been diving for a while, you probably have at least one piece of gear that really needs replacing, but you’re just not willing to part with it. It …

I ran to the outside of the ship, thinking that the Captain had cut the engines to signal that the sperm whales we were “hunting” were close. I looked out …

 The Abalone Project needs help in covering up to 10 abalone creel sites for 2 days in each of 3 months this Spring. This is a great opportunity for volunteers …

California’s popular red abalone sport fishery season will open April 1 in most waters north of San Francisco Bay. However, new regulations effective this year will close parts of Fort …

Reef Check Foundation, a southern California based non-profit organization, won the international Katerva Award for Ecosystem Conservation for its innovative citizen scientist reef monitoring and conservation approach. Winners were announced …

Aqua Lung is conducting a voluntary recall of SureLock™II weight pocket handles. SureLock™II is the mechanical weight release system found on most Aqua Lung buoyancy compensators (BCs) beginning in 2009. …

If you’re an active North Coast diver, CDFW wants to hear from you regarding the upcoming abalone seasons. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking stakeholder input …

California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) marine officers cited several boats for fishing in the Marine Protected Areas and other resource violations near the Channel Islands on Sunday. Wildlife …

It’s a typical summer morning on the Monterey Peninsula—puffy gray clouds drifting in a light breeze; little fits and starts of sun making tentative appearances in the dawn sky. I …