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Home Species Abalone Abalone recreational fishing. Related information. Abalone recreational fishing Page Content. When fishing for abalone ensure you abide by catch care rules. You can shuck remove from shell and eat one abalone per licence holder at sea. The shell must be retained and brought ashore. This abalone is included in your daily bag limit. All other abalone must be brought ashore above the high water mark before shucking. For example,you cannot transit in waters south of Arthur River and Musselroe Point with blacklip abalone less than mm.
Abalone are a type of single-shelled gastropod herbivorous marine mollusc. Their body is large and fleshy, with a broad, muscular foot the abalone uses to attach itself to reefs or rocks using suction. The shells of abalone species are rough, flat and ear shaped, which protects them from wave action. Abalone expel water that has passed through their gills through these holes. As abalone grow, these holes progressively close-up, with usually only the last four to six holes remaining open when they reach full-size.
Abalone are widely distributed across tropical and temperate coastal areas. They mostly inhabit shallow limestone reefs along the west coast, especially around Perth and near Geraldton.
Female abalone can produce millions of eggs each year. Females release their eggs into the water, where they are fertilised by sperm released by male abalone. The fertilised eggs hatch into organisms called larvae. Abalone take about four years to reach legal size to collect, which gives females at least two spawning seasons before they can be taken by fishers.
Juveniles feed on microscopic algae.
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