Secondly, there are about 90 species of abalone in the world, all over the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. Now all countries that produce abalone in the world are developing artificial farming. In the 1970s, China cultivated Haliotis diversicolor fry, and artificial breeding was successful. Abalone is most produced in Shandong, Guangdong, Liaoning and other places, and the production period is spring and autumn. Mainly distributed in Hokkaido, northeast China, west coast of North America, South America, South Africa, Australia and other places.
Abalone is a primitive marine shellfish and a traditional precious food in China. It can be divided into domestic abalone and imported abalone. China imports a lot of abalone from Australia, Japan and Mexico.
Haliotis diversicolor
Haliotis diversicolor is produced in Australia, with green lips, tender meat and rich flavor. It is often made into frozen abalone or boiled abalone soup, which is the favorite abalone variety of diners in South China and Hong Kong.
Haliotis diversicolor
Black-edged abalone is named after its black lips, mostly canned.
Haliotis discus hannai
The brown-edged abalone has brown lips and low yield. Most of them are abalone, and most of them are made into dry goods. It is famous for its strong flavor and heavy color.
Jipinbao
Jiupin Abalone, also known as Ji Bin Abalone, is produced in Iwate Prefecture. Its shape is like an ingot, with obvious line marks in the middle, so it is also called "gold ingot", with golden color as the top grade.
Abalone mawobao
Haliotis diversicolor is produced in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, also known as Haliotis diversicolor. Its meat is relatively flat and thin. There are two holes on the left and right because they need to be strung together to dry. It tastes fragrant and tender, and the meat is soft and smooth and easy to digest. It is suitable for the elderly.
Haliotis diversicolor
Abalone from the Middle East, produced in the Middle East, is smaller, has more heads, is darker in color and has a thin layer of salt ash. When cooking, it must be cooked for a long time. The meat is sticky and slippery, and the taste is not very fragrant.
Japanese abalone
Japanese abalone is the best and largest dried abalone variety, produced in Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Its meat is thick, smooth, dark brown, oval, wide and flat, with clear beads at the bottom and a tail tip.
Australian abalone
The shape of Australian abalone is similar to that of Japanese abalone, and the color is brick red, but the beads on the edge are irregular. Dried abalone takes many days to cook. The meat of abalone tastes tough, and its taste can't be compared with that of Japanese and South African abalone. Suitable for soup or sliced abalone.
South African dried abalone
The quality of South African dried abalone is second only to that of Japanese dried abalone, and it is favored by diners because of its high quality and low price.
The varieties and pictures of foreign abalone are introduced here. Next, let's continue to look at the varieties and pictures of China abalone.
Haliotis Dalian
Dalian abalone is a specialty of Dalian, China. It is a high-quality variety of abalone and is known as the crown of seafood. Its meat is tender, fresh but not greasy, and rich in nutrition.
Haliotis discus hannai
The shell surface of Haliotis discus hannai is dark brown or semi-turquoise, which is not smooth and has a rock texture. Its real name is abalone with wrinkles. In addition to Dalian in Liaoning Province, Long Island in Shandong Province, the Yellow Sea and Bohai Sea are all its producing areas.
Haliotis discus hannai is also called jadeite abalone because of its different colors. They belong to the same species, but because of their different components and different shells. With brown algae, shells will turn green; But if red algae is used as feed, the shell is dark brown or red.
Haliotis diversicolor
Haliotis diversicolor individuals are even, about 26 per catty. It is a product of the southern coast, and it is quite common in the northern and northeastern coastal areas of Taiwan Province Province and Shihongzhou Island in Zhanjiang, western Guangdong.
Auricular abalone
"Ear abalone" with a slightly longer shell is also abundant in the south, both in Nan 'ao Island in eastern Guangdong and Shengsi County in Zhejiang.
Sheep abalone
Sheep abalone is more common in Xisha Islands.
Taiwan Province provincial newspaper
We used to call it Taiwan Province Abalone. Its shell is oval, slightly smooth and slightly smaller than the former. Generally speaking, the abalone in Taiwan Province Province is uniform in size and beautiful in color, but close to the skin. The abalone in Dalian is rich in flavor and the abalone in Emerald is slightly thinner.