HOMEPAGE TYPES COLOURING BOOK POACHING Aquaculture is a term used for fish farming; that is cultivating fish, shrimp, shellfish and seaweeds, in controlled conditions, rather than catching the aquatic species in the wild. ABULON FARMING Abalone is one of the most prized sea delicacies worldwide. Farming of abalone began in the late 1950’s and early 1960’s in Japan and China. A very rapid development of abalone cultivation has taken place in the 1990’s and it is now widespread in many countries including USA, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, Japan, China, Taiwan, Ireland, Iceland and others. Abalone is slow growing herbivorous marine snails. There are over 100 species worldwide in the same genus, Haliotis, They are found from the intertidal to the depth limit of marine plants (approximately 80-100m), from tropical to cold waters. Species can live in water temperatures ranging from 2°C to30°C. Abalone are marine snails belonging to the Phylum Mollusca, in the Class Gastropoda, which are molluscs with single shells, or no shell at all, that move by means of a broad muscular foot. Species Common name Comments Haliotis midae Perlemoen important for fisheries Haliotis spadicea Siffie or Venus ear Haliotis parva Spiral-ridged siffie Haliotis queketti Haliotis speciosa Beautiful ear-shell Haliotis Pustulata