abalone
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Sardines, tuna and abalone have all at some point been abundant along the California Current, a 1,900-mile stretch of the Pacific that has been ripe for explorers and fishers for centuries.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Kim Namin, 29, runs a seasoned gim processing factory with a 30-year family history in Wando, an island in South Korea's southern waters known for abalone and seaweed production.
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
There are exquisite medallions and hair ornaments made from iridescent abalone shells and strings of Chumash currency — tiny, doughnut-shaped beads created from carefully cut olivella shells.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2025
On special is an abalone soup, an alien beast in his time, and not our cup of tea, but they say Hemingway took a shine.
From Salon • Jul. 12, 2025
The starfish pulls against the abalone shell, sometimes for days, holding on with its suckers and pushing up with its legs, until little by little the heavy shell comes loose from the body.
From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell
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