Posts in category Environment

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 …

In the first bust of commercial fishermen for poaching abalone since the shell-residing mollusk was protected in Southern California 15 years ago, four men were caught with four abalone on …

On Sunday, hundreds of dead squid washed ashore on beaches near Aptos, and California Department of Fish and Game scientists are trying to find out why.  Squid were found on beaches …

Conservation groups are celebrating today’s European Parliament vote to close loopholes in the European Union ban on shark finning – the culmination of six years of campaigning and debate.  Members …

Method, producer of environmentally-safe cleaning products, has just introduced the world’s first bottle made with ocean plastic. The bottles will contain dish and hand soap, and are available at Whole …

Northern California Underwater Photographic Society invites the public to a free evening presentation on shark conservation in Micronesia, marine sanctuary efforts in the Philippines and dive travel around the world.  …

While eating octopus may be a delicacy to some, an incident in Seattle on October 31st has some local divers red with anger. According to local divers Bob Bailey and …

Got Mussles? Lake Tahoe does, and officials are doing their best to get rid of them. First discovered on a beach in Emerald Bay in 2009, Asian Clams have multiplied …

A Monterey County jury has convicted a Marina man of poaching 22 black abalone, a federally endangered species. Hoang Tan Dinh, 53, was sentenced Sept. 12 to three years probation, …