Abalone Farm & Feast in Central California

See how Abalone are raised in farm. An endless feast of sustainable food sources.

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Pets & Animals

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• Abalone
• shellfish
• sea
• snails
• Cayucos
• California
• Aquaculture
• farm
• food
• feast
• 鮑魚農場

[MrVg10]

Why do they only let the Abalone grow to 3 1/2 inches???

[cplai]

@MrVg10 I guess that size gives them maximum profit. I have heard that some black market in SF where game fishing California Red Abalones (fishing license requires at least 7" long) are sold at $80 to $100 a piece. Not many people are willing to pay $100 for a piece of seafood. It may take them 10 years to grow the big ones and any infection or accident can wipe out million dollar worth of live stock. Small size probably give them a good balance of cost/profit/risk combination.

[abzde]

Well it does harm the land a little bit. Seaweed has to be harvested daily. And over harvesting of the seaweed is definitely possible if the farm grows to large for the local area to sustain. Which would leave less food for the native species of fish and abalone.

Not saying this is the case, just saying you've got to realize that this farm doesn't grow it's own kelp. It takes it from the ocean.

[cplai]

I don't think harvesting the kelp will make much difference. Kelp is one of the fasting growing plants in the ocean. As long as there is no other pollution that kills them, they will grow back fast as you can harvest them. Golf course fertilizer run-off into the ocean make much more environmental impact than this.

[anthonyfoxtrott]

@cplai wait... where does all that poo-saturated water go?

[cplai]

@anthonyfoxtrott just pump back to the sea. It is not worse than letting the abalones grow wild in the ocean. the farm only makes harvesting and growing easier in a controlled environment.

[AliBenlyazid]

@samadipants - Hey man, I am interesting in setting up an abalone farm. I would love to meet you. Where about are you located?

[tranpulse]

Looks like you guys are eating water slugs/snails... a buddy wants me to go diving for them, but not sure if I want to go yet...

[Angelsigns2012]

$75 a pound. Makes sense considering it takes 4 years to raise just one.

[MrVg10]

@cplai Thank you for your reply. I was wondering why they did not let them grow any more because of the fact that the bigger they are the more value they have. Thanks again for responding.

[humm2thaU]

what a waste should have creamed them up way better to eat

[MrIzzyDizzy]

there shells are pretty and very very strong - do you use them for anything -

[heartlessvietboy]

If we were to breed mollusks and crustaceans for food abundancy, we need to make sure that they are bred under open clean water so that we do not get diseases.