Explore California’s thriving freediving and spearfishing communities—where ocean culture, conservation, and coastal ...

On Dec. 11, the California Fish and Game Commission voted to extend the closure of the recreational red abalone fishery for ...

California has decided that red abalone will stay off recreational menus for another decade, extending a closure that has ...

Restoring water for salmon runs is restorative for the region’s people as it will improve water quality for all.” ...

William "Captain Smitty" Smith stands for a portrait at Pillar Point Harbor in Half Moon Bay in 2024. (Loren Elliott / For The Times) After a two-year shutdown, fishing boats will fan out along the ...

Last month, a public federal process determined there will be no commercial salmon fishing off California’s coast for the third year in a row. It’s a grim milestone for our state. While we will see ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today that protections for mountain lion populations ranging from ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a new law aimed at protecting marine life by gradually phasing out the use of set gillnets, a type of commercial fishing gear linked to widespread ocean ...

The drowning is the eighth along the California coast in the past year — and the fourth in the last month on either the ...