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 ...

The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach released its first-ever report card this week detailing the health of 30 species of ...

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 ...

with its pearly shell, was once an important food for native people in coastal California. But in the first half of the 1900s, white abalone and other abalone species were decimated by overharvesting.

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

Prepare the abalone. Use a sharp paring knife to cut the muscle that attaches the abalone to the shell. Use a clean toothbrush to scrub the entire surface of the abalone under cool running water.

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 ...

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 ...

Q: California is home to various species of abalone. What kind does Monterey ... did some radiocarbon dating of shells, and they found that the really big ones, that are 10 inches and over ...