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The US coin (quarter) is 24.257 mm or 0.955 inch in diameter. Haliotis rufescens (red abalone) is a species of very large edible sea snail in the family Haliotidae, the abalones, ormers (British) or pāua. [3] It is distributed from British Columbia, Canada, to Baja California, Mexico. [4][5] It is most common in the southern half of its range.
Haliotis, common name abalone, is the only genus in the family Haliotidae. [2] This genus once contained six subgenera. These subgenera have become alternate representations of Haliotis. [2] The genus consists of small to very large, edible, herbivorous sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs.
Living abalone in tank showing epipodium and tentacles, anterior end to the right. Abalone (/ ˈ æ b ə l oʊ n i / ⓘ or / ˌ æ b ə ˈ l oʊ n i /; via Spanish abulón, from Rumsen aulón) is a common name for any small to very large marine gastropod mollusc in the family Haliotidae, which once contained six subgenera but now contains only one genus, Haliotis. [1]
John Alexander, left, eyes Frank Oakes’ handful of tiny abalone in one of the nurseries at the California Marine Associates’ Abalone farm near Cayucos on Oct. 12, 1978.
Abalone Cove SMCA and Point Vicente SMR are two of 36 marine protected areas adopted by the California Fish and Game Commission in December, 2010 during the third phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative. The MLPAI is a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of protected areas along California's coastline.
Now, all abalone fisheries in California are managed by the California Department of Fish and Game, which restricts the size of abalones caught, and the season in which harvesting can take place. [9] In Mexico, there is a total allowable catch limit for black abalones. [9]
In 1996, the California Department of Fish and Game closed the commercial and recreational abalone fisheries in California, but populations continued to decline. California has a Abalone Recovery Management Plan to guide conservation efforts. The pink abalone is a US National Marine Fisheries Service Species of Concern.
Duxbury Reef SMCA is one of 22 marine protected areas adopted by the California Department of Fish and Game in August 2009, during the second phase of the Marine Life Protection Act Initiative. The MLPAI is a collaborative public process to create a statewide network of protected areas along California's coastline.