Close-up of a red abalone clinging to a rocky reef, its ridged shell covered with algae and marine growth, surrounded by pink coralline algae and sea life.
FILE – A red abalone in the Channel Islands, Calif. on August 22, 2004. (U. S. National Park Service via the Mendocino Voice)

MENDOCINO CO., 12/8/17 — There will be no recreational abalone hunting next year, after a the California Fish and Game Commission voted yesterday to close the fishery.

The Santa Rosa Press Democrat has a very detailed article on the meeting and vote itself.

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