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What Makes Abalone So Expensive

Abalone is one of the most expensive seafood items in the world, but what makes this gastropod so sought-after? These are the factors that go into the price.
Tiny as a fingernail, these babies don’t look like much. But there is a lot of hope riding on their progress. These pinto abalone are being raised by the tens of thousands in dozens of 30-gallon tanks ...
Many people have never eaten—or even heard of—red abalone, a species of sea snail that lives suctioned onto boulders and feeds on the lush kelp forests of Northern California. Abalone is a much-sought ...