Are there allot of people intersted in abalone info ?

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Are there allot of people intersted in abalone info ? I have tons of it from the ca area. That I would not mind sharing .allso have all kinds of stats on abalone.

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here is a link to some cool abalone pics from Buzz Owen Abalone Expert,

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More pics from Buzz Owen

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More pics from Buzz Owen

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More pics from Buzz Owen

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More pics from Buzz Owen

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More pics from Buzz Owen

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More pics from Buzz Owen

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also check out the word doc link at bottom of page
CA.Hybrids.7[1].doc

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abalone pics from the past.

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more pics from the past

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more pics from the past

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more pics from the past

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If you are into trophy abalone Allso check out my friends Abalone Ten divers web page, here is a link,
http://sites.google.com/site/abaloneten/tendivers
allso if you have any ten inchers email erick a pic and he will add you to the web site.

he allso has a ling cod page to, link below
http://sites.google.com/site/abaloneten/lingcod
enjoy

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Here is a pic that shows the anatomy of an abalone

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Here is a pic that shows all the coast lines where abalone can be found.

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How to till if you have a male or female abalone ?

Abalone sex: An abalone's sex can be distinguished by the color of its gonad; the male's gonad is creamy biege, while the female's is green. The gonads are readily observed after pulling back the foot and epipodium on the right side and looking under the conical appendage...(info taken from California Abalones, Family Haliotidae (1962) Fish Bulletin No. 118 by Keith Cox.............

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here are some old news paper articles from ca.

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The picture below shows that abalone have problems too; read below to discover why...

Enemies, Parasites, and Other Abalone Problems (other than poachers)

Sea Otters, Fishes, Crabs, Octopuses, Starfish, Parasitic Snails, Parasitic Worms, Boring Clams, Boring Sponges, Pearls, Sea urchins, Commensal Shrimp, and Storm Losses are explained in Keith Cox’s Fish Bulletin No. 118 CDFG.

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Check these web site's out they have a ton of info on abalone biology, any thing and every thing you ever wanted to know.

http://www.oceanlink.info/Conservation/ ... ology.html

http://www.pintoabalone.org/Pages/pBiology.html

http://www.fishtech.com/facts.html

http://bss.sfsu.edu/holzman/courses/fal ... balone.htm

http://www.marinebio.net/marinescience/ ... brepro.htm