LaVerne

Carlsbad Aquafarms raises Oysters and Mussels, I believe the Abalone are
raised north of Morro Bay

Rick

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From: LaVerne Lambert [log in to unmask]
Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:01:21 -0500
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: maricultured colour? -- a note re: purple Nucella lamellosa


Hi...
   Was it Carlsbad Aquafarms?? :-)
                    LaVerne


>From: Alex Sassi <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: Conchologists List <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: maricultured colour? -- a note re: purple Nucella lamellosa
>Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 23:52:36 -0500
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>When I was a kid up in Puget Sound, I once found several specimens of
>Nucella lamellosa that were bright purple - a color form not noted in my
>shell books (typical color forms are white, brown, ochre and orange; either
>solid or banded).  My mother and I called to the University of Washington
>and were told that this color form was known and was caused by the source
>of food the molluscs were eating.
>
>Unfortunately the bright purple color faded to a dull lavender gray; I wish
>I had had a digital camera to capture how vivid they were. They made a big
>impression on me.
>
>I remember reading on the website of an abalone mariculture farm that they
>were raising "hybrids of green and red abalone," which may indeed have
>interesting color forms.  Unfortunately I can't remember the name of this
>farm.
>
>Alex
>Berkeley, CA
>
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