I love California diving!  I’ve spent about a third of my dive career in Southern California waters, mostly on day boats and liveaboards in and around the Channel Islands.  That’s …

Based on an intensive investigation dubbed Operation Oakland Abalone Syndicate, California game wardens arrested 13 suspects in Oakland and Sacramento for harvesting sport caught abalone and possession for commercial sale. …

In 2011 a law was passed in California which banned the sale of shark fins, commonly used for making shark fin soup which is considered a delicacy by many Chinese. …

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is seeking applicants for the Natural Resource Volunteer Program (NRVP) to serve within the newly created Monterey NRVP Chapter. Interested residents of …

Recently I had the opportunity to introduce a small group of international divers to California diving so naturally I wanted them to visit some of my favorite destinations. The clean …

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 …

Mike Haber and Mike Mesgleski, both professional photographers, offer their Digital Photo courses exclusively aboard Aggressor Fleet and Dancer Fleet LiveAboard Yachts. They will put their 40 years of extensive …