SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA–A group of divers secreted endangered white abalone into the wild, only off the Southern California coast, in mid-November. The release of white-hot abalone into the wild was part of a retrieval effort to revitalize the grey abalone person and delivering the genus back from the brink of extinction.
The grey abalone population began to drop hugely in the 1970 s, due to ponderous business fish in Southern California.
“Now, the grey abalone that remain in the ocean are too few and far apart to simulate and recover entire populations, ” according to a report published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, or NOAA.
White abalone is a marine snail found in rocky shoals. Most white abalone can be found along the coasts of Southern California and Baja California. The species was listed under the Endangered Categories Act in 2001.
Releasing the white abalone was part of a engender program led by the Bodega Marine Laboratory( BML) at University of California, Davis. The platform, according to NOAA Fisheries organization, “has displayed and reared thousands of health white abalone in laboratories and aquaria throughout California.”
“Now, some of those lily-white abalone are ready to enter the ocean, where they will live, stretch and hopefully reestablish self-sustaining populations, ” NOAA Fisheries staff said.
A batch of grey abalone raised and reared at BML earlier the summer months were hauled down to Southern California and held a total of containing equipment, where scientists educated them for life in the ocean.
Divers with NOAA Fisheries, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Paua Marine Research Group, The Bay Foundation and Aquarium of the Pacific located 800 white abalones into temporary homes, or “outplant modules.” The modules are made of PVD and mesh, which protects the abalone from other naval life as they acclimate to ocean conditions.
The diver scientist will regularly call the modules during the next few years and mention the growth of the white abalone person. The destination is to have tens of thousands of white abalone seeded into the ocean during the next five years.
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