Our guest speaker for the April 21, 2012, meeting was Ray Fields, from the Abalone Farm in Cauycos. Ray talked about what abalone on the west coast of California use to be; what it is today; why abalone farming is successful; how they cultivate them; and where they sell the Haliotis.
The presentation was very interesting. A great example of the American dream. How American enterprise, without government interference or subsidy, can be successful.
Although the abalone farmed today are nowhere near the size of the original or national animals, they are still very tasty, albeit very expensive. It seems it takes a real long time for abalone to mature, and in order to make the effort successful, the biggest the animals are at harvest are about three inchs, instead of the six to eight inchs that use to grow naturally.
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