Invertebrate Management Project: Abalone Work Products

Much of the research the Invertebrate Management Team completes to aid in the management of important commercial and recreational marine invertebrate fisheries is documented in the form of technical reports, data summaries, and scientific publications, including the Fish and Game Quarterly. Invertebrate Management Team staff also engage and educate the public through Outdoor California articles, flyers, educational brochures and other venues. The following links provide access to many of CDFW's abalone work products and publications that fall within the realm of fishery-dependent and fishery-independent research, and educational outreach.

• Abalone Informational Brochure: You Hold Their Future in Your Hands
  Brochure that describes picking methods, regulations, and biology
• Abalone Report Card Data and Information
• California's Living Marine Resources - A Status Report
  An in-depth status report on the five major species of abalone found in California's ocean waters, with historic landings data
  • Abalone (2001)
  • Abalones (2003)
  • Culture of Abalone (2008)
• Marine Protected Areas in Central California and Potential Benefits to Selected Species: Abalone
  An overview of abalone status of the population, home range/migratory patterns, current regulations, and how central California MPAs may affect the species
• Status Report - Northern California Red Abalone Fishery (2010)
  Required triennial stock status review for the Abalone Recovery and Management Plan
• Tagged Abalone (Van Damme State Park)
• Magazine and Newsletter Articles
  • Abalone and Red Sea Urchins Die During Red Tide in Northern California
    Marine Management News, October 2011
  • Surveying for Abalone: Fish and Game Divers Survey the Ocean Floor for the Diminishing Species
    Outdoor California, May/June 2009, Feature article about the Invertebrate Management Team's abalone dive surveys
  • Abapalooza: The 2006 San Miguel Island Abalone Survey
    Marine Management News, May 2007
  • Withering Syndrome and the Recovery of Southern California Abalones
    Marine Management News, December 2004