Status Review of White Abalone (Haliotis Sorenseni) Throughout Its Range in California and Mexico

The objectives of this status review were to conduct a review of white abalone: literature, to analyze fishery-dependent and fishery independent data from California and Mexico, to review the history of management and contact managers in both states, to compare assessment surveys and evaluate if they are sufficient to detect trends in white abalone abundance, and finally to determine what factors have affected the current status of white abalone.