Abalone Watch Program

Abalone Watch Newsletters Abalone Coast Watch Occurrence Reporting DFO Abalone News Releases BC Coast Watch Organizations

Abalone Watch Newsletters

• BC Abalone Recovery in Action
• Traditional Knowledge & Science Help Explain Shellfish Declines in Coastal Alaska

• Rebuilding Depleted Kelp Forests: Observations from La Jolla, California

• Haida Fisheries into 10th Year of Monitoring Local Abalone Populations
• The Almost-Discovery of Abalone Poaching Pirates

• North Coast Abalone Seizure
• Volunteers Spot Little Suspicious Activity
• “It's a snail. There are not many left. It's illegal to take them.” (Abalone curriculum in the schools)

• $25,000 Fine for Illegal Abalone Fishing
• Working Towards Common Goals
• Enforcement Challenges
• The Elusive Young Abalone
• Sadly, No Sign of Abalone Rebuilding

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Abalone Coast Watch Occurrence Reporting

If you see or hear of any suspicious activities related to potential abalone poaching, please call the confidential reporting hotline at 1.800.465.4336 or download and send us a completed abalone Coast Watch Occurrence Report form.

• HGAbS Coast Watch Occurrence Report form and information – download [pdf • 291kb]

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DFO Abalone News Releases

DFO News Releases about abalone are available on the website: http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/ops/fm/shellfish/abalone/news_e.htm

Following are News Releases related to Haida Gwaii and the North Coast:

• Coming soon

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BC Coast Watch Organizations

Coming soon.

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