IUCN: Abalones Make the Red List of Threatened Species
West Coast abalones are in serious trouble, California researchers say.
All seven of the abalone species that live on the West Coast are now listed as Critically Endangered or Endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, Red List of Threatened Species. The listings were based on a West Coast abalones assessment led by Laura-Rogers Bennett of the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and University of California, Davis, according to a press release by Kat Kerlin at UC Davis.
Six species—red, white, black, ...
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