He reached into cracks and peered into crevices with a flashlight, hoping to find an endangered marine snail whose shell recently has become California’s state seashell: the black abalone. Seven ...

Abalone has a long history in California, but the sea snail is in short supply today. One of the state’s last commercial ...

An overzealous abalone fisher who tried to take more than twice the legal bag limit of the prized mollusc was issued with a ...

Highly valued for its edible muscular foot and mother-of-pearl shell, the pinto abalone has declined significantly in recent decades and faces extinction unless it'ss protected — and soon — under the ...

Abalone species come in many sizes, but most abalone available for purchase have a shell length of around 15 centimeters, making them a bit larger than oysters. As with oysters, abalone can be ...

DESCRIPTION: White abalone are ocean-dwelling mollusks with a thin, oval shell that is red or brown on the outside and a variety of iridescent colors, particularly white and pink, inside. They grow to ...

The proteins in the dentine darken with heat but the mineral of the teeth - apatite - remains unchanged Compare the very young limpet and abalone shell with the Pleistocene clam shells. All are made ...

Commercial abalone fishermen in NSW say they are fighting a "war" against illegal fishing and some want out of the industry ...

If you're having the seafood vendor clean the abalone for you, buy them as close as possible to when you plan to cook them, and ask for four of the shells, to serve the sauce in. It isn't much ...

A fireplace clad in a thousand abalone shells sits in a low-ceilinged red brick building in Santa Cruz. Above the mantle is an empty triangle, where an occult relief depicting the sun and moon ...

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