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Critter News: Northern Abalone

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Hariana Chilstrom, Interpretation Supervisor

Pinto abalone (AKA: Northern abalone), Haliotis Kamtschatkana, have been installed in their own exhibit in Puget Sound Fish. This species is the only abalone native to the Northwest. Never commercially fished, the recreational fishery for them was closed in 1994 more »

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