Posts in category Marine Life

With California’s lobster season opening in just a few weeks, thousands of divers are gearing up with new gear for the hunt, booking charter boat trips, and of course lining …

Dirk Schmidt developed a passion for sharks from the early age of 10, and by the age of 16 he had compiled his own shark dossier of over 500 pages …

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 …

by Michael Bear Best known for his in-depth studies of bocaccio and the rockfish of the Northwest, as well as for his research on the impact of offshore oilrig drilling …

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, …

There was recently a fatal great white attack on Ben Linden, a surfer in the Western Australian waters. This attack has prompted the Western Australian government to consider taking great …

“California Diver” contributing editor Kevin Lee was recently interviewed for the weekly talk show “Dialogue with Doti and Dodge”, which was aired on PBS.  In the interview, Kevin discusses his …

What would Escargot be like without a shell?  Not the same, that’s for sure.  How well would an abalone or moon snail fare without their heavy shell?  Not well I …

Scott Andrew Carlton, 30, of Corona Del Mar was spear fishing on Friday night at approximately 7:30 p.m. at Salt Creek Beach at Dana Point in Orange County when he …

California Department of Fish and Game (DFG) wardens have arrested two repeat abalone poachers for poaching and possession of abalone for sale on the black market. Paul Chak Po Mak, …