Tiny as a fingernail, these babies don’t look like much. But there is a lot of hope riding on their progress. These pinto abalone are being raised by the tens of thousands in dozens of 30-gallon tanks ...

After decades of decline and several years of a pilot restoration effort that includes sites in Skagit County, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife has drafted a recovery plan for the pinto ...

A marine snail on the brink of extinction is getting help from Whatcom researchers and the Lummi Nation as Washington expands restoration efforts for the pinto abalone. The pinto abalone is the only ...

Pinto abalone, a marine snail the size of a fist, is not a typically charismatic creature, said state Fish and Wildlife abalone biologist Katie Sowul. But the mollusk, listed on the state’s endangered ...

Abalone, large single-shelled mollusks, are an unusual sight these days off the coast of Washington, California, and Oregon. Of seven species of abalone on the west coast, two are endangered and three ...

(AP) A 6-inch Pacific Ocean marine snail prized for its delicate flavor and colorful shell will be considered for endangered or threatened species status. The National Marine Fisheries Service ...

SEATTLE — The authorities popped him near the docks in Port Angeles. On a March afternoon in 1994, a sleek fishing boat — not-so-subtly named the Abalone Made — came ashore after puttering around ...