In August, back at the lab in Bodega Bay, it was time to say goodbye. Another gathering of people, 30 this time, for the white abalone and Aquilino, the mother who raised them all.

For thousands of years, people have collected oysters for their pearls, no matter their color. Have you ever wondered where ...

The abalone is quickly shucked (shell removed) ... The chairman of New Zealand's Paua Industry Council, Storm Stanley, says the strong New Zealand dollar has affected sales, ...

New species of paua (abalone) found Date: September 3, 2024 Source ... Haliotis pirimoana resembles other small pāua from the North Island but the shell has finer sculpture across its back and a ...

Paua Abalone, Rainbow Abalone National Museum of Natural History. Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions Apply Click for more information. Click to view download files. Click to view IIIF ...

An abalone shell retrieved from the sea floor. Image credit: jjulio2000 via iNaturalist , CC BY-NC 4.0 You may recognize it as mother of pearl, but it's just one of several shells that boast this ...

The benefits to the color of shell, feet and lip color of adding dried macroalgae to the diets of farmed greenlip abalone (Haliotis Laevigata) was evaluated in their latest study published in the ...

It has long been suspected that a small pāua (known as abalone, ormers or ear-shells overseas) found around a remote island chain north of Aotearoa New Zealand differs from all other pāua.

PhD candidate Kerry Walton holds shells from each of the three paua/abalone species from mainland New Zealand. The smallest of the shells, an adult Haliotis virginea (virgin paua), was the focus ...