The most reliable source of fresh, California-grown abalone from Santa Barbara to the Mexican border is The Cultured Abalone, an aquaculture farm that’s existed on Dos Pueblos Ranch along the Gaviota ...

The farm is also committed to helping with abalone conservation; wild populations have experienced a huge decline since the ’70s from overfishing and habitat loss. The Cultured Abalone Farm’s hatchery ...

Hunched over a tank inside the Bodega Marine Laboratory, alongside bubbling vats of seaweed and greenhouses filled with algae, Kristin Aquilino coaxed a baby white abalone onto her hand. She held out ...

Urchin diver Stephanie Mutz (left) brings in the purple urchins to The Cultured Abalone, where employees such as Devin Spencer (center) and Becca Troske help to fatten them. For a spiny creature that ...

Shailene discovers how abalone and purple sea urchin are being sustainably harvested. Shailene Woodley pays a visit to The Cultured Abalone Farm where she meets with General Manager and Partner Doug ...

Tiny as a fingernail, these babies don’t look like much. But there is a lot of hope riding on their progress. These pinto abalone are being raised by the tens of thousands in dozens of 30-gallon tanks ...