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https://www.reefcheck.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/P5185838.jpg300225In late August dead red abalone and other invertebrates started washing up on beaches along the Sonoma coast of California. At the same time, Reef Check divers started reporting many dead or dying abalone on the shallow rocky reefs at many of our favorite dive sites.