Monterey hosted its inaugural abalone festival, honoring the city's rich cultural and conservation legacy tied to the abalone industry.

Shell piles (middens) from California's Channel Islands reveal evidence of abalone gobbling from more than 10,000 years ago. But abalone were so numerous, and people so scare, that there wasn't ...

A pair of abalone earrings made by Northern Chumash artist, Leah Mata. Courtesy of Leah Mata Abalone shells and the rich meat inside have sustained Mata’s people throughout their existence.

LONG BEACH – Six white abalone stewed in six white buckets, each submerged in a chemical bath that was supposed to prompt them to spawn. Fewer than 1,000 of these slow-moving, cream-colored s… ...

Abalone shells adorn their regalia, and its meat has long filled the bellies of their ancestors as well as those of their people today.

Abalone shells dating back thousands of years, used in trade for other goods, were found at early Native American sites. In the ’20s, immigrants from Asia discovered the abalone and started ...

Three abalone shells are embedded with other found materials on the underside of an archway. Unlike these abalone, most of the shells have their interiors hidden from view.

Sliced top shell abalone on cabbage with lemon and hot sauce. At left is abalone as it appears immediately after being removed from the can. 1 (16-ounce) can top shell, also called abalone-like ...