(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.
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During the patrol, wildlife officers also cited people for fishing violations not related to red abalone, drug possession and weapon violations.
“Great work by the CDFW law enforcement team to protect California’s marine resources,” CDFW said.
In 2017, the California Fish & Game Commission shut down recreational red abalone fishing indefinitely after a large number of abalone were found dead during an ocean survey. The declining red abalone population is the result of “extreme” environmental changes, the CDFW said…