Abalone is a kind of snail and one of the rare "sea treasures". It is delicious and nutritious, and is known as "soft gold" in the ocean. Abalone is a precious marine edible shellfish, known as "table gold, the crown of marine treasures", with tender meat and rich nutrition.

The edible part of fresh products is protein 24% and fat 0.44%; Dry food contains 40% protein, 33.7% glycogen, 0.9% fat, vitamins and trace elements, which is a high-protein and low-fat food that is very beneficial to human body. Abalone is very delicious because it is rich in glutamic acid.

Abalone's name is fish, but it's not fish. It is a primitive marine shellfish and single-shell mollusk. Because it is shaped like a human ear, it is also called "sea ear" Abalone usually grows on the seabed with low water temperature, covering the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean. The recognized best producing areas are northern Japan and Mexico, and the northeast of China is also a traditional producing area. Among the 2 16 species of abalone named all over the world, 7 species are distributed along the coast of China, among which Haliotis discus hannai in the north of Bohai Bay and Haliotis diversicolor in the southeast coast are the most common.