CDFW: Red abalone poachers caught in the Bay Area, North Coast

7 caught poaching red abalone during Calif. low tide patrol

Harvesting the large sea snails has been illegal since 2018.

CDFW: Red abalone poachers caught in the Bay Area, North Coast

(KRON) — California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials recently issued seven tickets to people poaching red abalone on the Sonoma, Mendocino and Humboldt county coasts. “Coinciding with a series of very low tides, wildlife officers conducted an enhanced maximum enforcement patrol to protect red abalone, a fishery that has been closed since 2018 and will continue to be closed until at least 2026,” the CDFW said in a statement Monday. Dead …

Man charged after abalone catch

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