Abalone is a precious seafood, known as "table gold, the crown of sea treasures", its flesh is tender, nutritious, is a seafood that everyone likes very much. There are many types of abalone, there are about 216 kinds of abalone in the world, each kind of abalone looks and tastes different, the size is also different, some abalone is very large, some are very small.
The world's largest abalone, very large, called California red abalone, it comes from the California waters of the United States and the Pacific coast of Mexico, is the most economically valuable abalone in California. Red abalone is the largest of the bao family, with a maximum weight of about 4000 grams and a shell diameter of more than 31 cm. The size of the average California red abalone is as big as the bowl we usually eat, it is not only very large but also different from other abalones, shaped like a reef, looking like a heavy stone. It has a hard, thick lime ear shell that covers the entire soft part from the back; the soft part is the head, foot, mantle membrane and internal organs. A few shells have rough growth ridges, often with 3-4 holes; the shell surface is between pink and brick red; usually covered with algae, barnacles or other marine organisms that make the color and texture of the shell surface difficult to recognize. The inside of the red abalone shell is smooth and iridescent, the muscle marks are large and obvious, there is a green luster, and the outer edge of the shell extends inward to the edge of the nacre to form a narrow red edge, hence the name red abalone.
California Red Abalone prefers to inhabit the bottom of the reef, from near the high tide zone to a depth of 165 meters. Catching and eating it is also a very difficult process, and due to the deep and open waters of California, the visibility is only a few meters at most times. In 2004, a diver was bitten off the body by a great white shark shoulder-length while looking for giant abalone in this area. The headless body was washed up to the shore that day, and the head appeared a few days later on ten mile beach four miles away. And the amount of California red abalone is also very small, which can be said to be a rare ingredient, which is why this abalone is very expensive. An ordinary California red abalone can sell for 100,000 US dollars equivalent to more than 600,000 yuan, is it stunned to see this price?
Wild California red abalone grows slowly, as people's fishing has become less and less, and you foodies and friends are disappointed, in China, basically can not eat California red abalone. Because China's environment is not suitable for the breeding and growth of red abalone.
Red abalone life can reach sixty or seventy years, the general common size is below 20 cm, red abalone grows to more than 22 cm, as humans enter the old age, resistance begins to weaken, parasitic crabs begin to crawl all over its back shell, when it grows to 24 cm, most of the red abalone's back shell begins to be broken by parasitic crabs, its life began to countdown, may terminate at any time. Therefore, the rare red abalone can grow more than 25 centimeters. Therefore, 25 centimeters is a huge threshold for the growth of California red abalone, almost one in a thousand. Therefore, most California abalone diggers have never dug up a 25 cm California red abalone in their entire lives.
Due to the preciousness of abalone resources, the locals in California regard it as a red treasure, strictly restrict any form of illegal fishing, and set up a number of protected areas, and there are many details of the abalone law, such as: the minimum legal size of the catch is more than 18 cm, each person is limited to 3 per day, the total amount of 18 a year is limited, and a person cannot own more than three abalones at any time. The cost of the violation is very serious, the light is a misdemeanor, and you have to ask a lawyer to go into court to pay the fine. If it is serious, it will be directly arrested, sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, and permanently revoked its fishing and hunting qualifications. Every year, there are cases in which violators are sentenced to several years in prison. As soon as you came ashore, the fishermen and hunters came out in front of you and said that you had arrested your companions who had been diving together, and that you had no chance to defend yourself. And the district court will always only trust the testimony of fishing and hunting law enforcement officers.
Certified by the Guinness Book of Records, the picture above is the world's largest abalone, a California red abalone salvaged by a diver, 31.3 cm long. This red abalone weighs about 8 pounds, almost as big as a 13-inch tire, and this big red abalone can be eaten by at least 15 people, with an average of half a pound of meat per person.
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