Hi.... I beg to differ with you Rick....
http://home.san.rr.com/marbio/aquafarm.html
                    LaVerne


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>Subject: Re: maricultured colour? -- a note re: purple Nucella lamellosa
>Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 10:37:12 -0500
>
>LaVerne
>
>Carlsbad Aquafarms raises Oysters and Mussels, I believe the Abalone are
>raised north of Morro Bay
>
>Rick
>
>Original Message:
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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
> >
> >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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