The next ormering season begins on Friday 6 January. A ban was first introduced in 1933, but was unintentionally removed in the 1990s when the controls on other species, including lady crabs and ...

Credit: ITV Channel TV The ormering season has returned to the Channel Islands this month (January). An ormer is the local name for what are known worldwide as abalones, which are gastropod molluscs.

The Committee for Economic Development has reintroduced the ban after concerns about the sustainability of stocks of the sea snail. The next ormering season begins on Friday 6 January.