Abalone with shells less than a quarter-inch long suffer a mortality rate of 60% to 99%. They are most likely to be preyed upon by filter feeders within the first 24 hours of being released, ...

The abalone shell gets its beauty from light being split by Bragg diffraction. This is due to the layers of nacre that coat its shell and vary in thickness with each growth cycle, ...

A quintessential California luxury ingredient, red abalone (haliotis rufescens) is beloved by eaters, top chefs, divers and, alas, the many poachers who have helped deplete the wild populations to ...

They also developed a protective shell waxing treatment, coating the abalone with organic coconut oil and beeswax twice a year. “We’re like the Sonoma County spa retreat for white abalone ...

Underneath us, we later learned, lay submerged piles of abalone shells, relics of a shell-grinding business from the 1920s — and perhaps the leftovers of Ohlone Indian meals from many years ...

Abalone shells, abalone irons, and a diving face plate on display during a gathering at Corona del Mar State Beach, July 13, 2018, to raise awareness for the Green Abalone Restoration Project.

Three abalone shells are embedded with other found materials on the underside of an archway. Unlike these abalone, most of the shells have their interiors hidden from view.

Abalone was a lucrative product on the Chinese market, and so the Chinese villagers wrenched the muscular mollusks off their rocks, popped them out of their shells and dried them in the cool sun.

Abalone shells and the rich meat inside have sustained Mata’s people throughout their existence. And the Chumash are just one of the coastal Native communities for whom abalone holds a central ...