Hunched over a tank inside the Bodega Marine Laboratory, alongside bubbling vats of seaweed and greenhouses filled with algae, Kristin Aquilino coaxed a baby white abalone onto her hand. She held out ...

In the summer of 1983, I taught a field methods in underwater archaeology course for the USC History Department, with the classes and diving all at USC’s field station at Big Fisherman Cove on ...

Chef Jacob Harth is slowly, quietly, sneaking up on some sea snails, or limpets, attached to a rock. “[You have to] clip them off the rock before they know that you’re there, otherwise they’ll clamp ...

Beneath the Municipal Wharf in the coastal community of Monterey, a fascinating experiment in ocean farming has played out for more than three decades. That’s where the Monterey Abalone Company grows ...

Can the consumption of one mollusk actually help another? Hog Island Oyster Co. and McPrice Myers Wines seem to think so. They have banded together to release Sea Legacy, a 100% clairette blanche wine ...