Not anymore California Abalone Co., Dock F-23, Pillar Point Harbor, Half Moon Bay. The abalone are $28 per pound in the shell. For information, call (510) 226-9212.

They also developed a protective shell waxing treatment, coating the abalone with organic coconut oil and beeswax twice a year. “We’re like the Sonoma County spa retreat for white abalone ...

Average abalone shell sizes have grown larger. “We thought, ‘Wouldn’t poachers want the biggest ones?’ ” said Don Rothaus, a Fish and Wildlife biologist.

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UPDATED: July 20, 2018 at 9:36 AM PDT John Warren thinks back to the days when getting his hands on abalone was as easy as jumping on a surfboard and plucking the plentiful shellfish off a reef.

As guilty as man was in the abalone’s demise, there is no escaping the fact that the shellfish is partly to blame as well. In fact, it seems nearly miraculous that it has survived as long as it has.

Monterey Abalone Co.'s kelp harvest practices are sustainable, according to the Monterey Kelp Cooperative, and farmed abalone has been listed as a "Best Choice" by Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood ...