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Seven important facts about abalone fishing and farming 🐚💔

Abalone are sentient beings suffering in fishing and farming operations:

1. They have nervous systems and respond to pain – Abalone possess ganglia that process sensory information and react to harmful stimuli. Research shows they experience stress and suffering

2. They’re pried violently from rocks while alive – Divers use metal bars to force abalone from surfaces they’ve attached to, often breaking their shells and damaging their bodies in the process

3. Wild populations have collapsed by over 90% – Overfishing has devastated abalone worldwide. Many species are critically endangered or functionally extinct in their historic ranges

4. They’re farmed in overcrowded tanks – Thousands crammed together in artificial conditions with poor water quality, causing stress, disease outbreaks, and high mortality rates

5. They can live 30-50 years but are killed young – Abalone are harvested at just 3-5 years old, denied their full natural lifespan for luxury seafood dishes

6. They’re often killed by being cut from their shells alive – The muscular “foot” is sliced away while abalone are conscious, experiencing the trauma of being dismembered

7. Illegal poaching continues despite protections – Black market demand drives continued illegal harvesting, pushing already endangered species closer to total extinction

Abalone are living beings, not luxury appetizers.

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