In article >,
Sqwertz > wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Apr 2010 20:00:19 -0700, Mort wrote:
>
> > Sqwertz wrote:
> >
> >> I can buy abalone in the stores, but they are silver dollar-sized.
> >> I've never seen farm-raised abalone bigger than that. But I did
> >> have some diver friends in Sunnyvale/San Jose that would come up
> >> with them, but I think the limit was one at a time back then.
> >
> > I take it the abalone tank at Central Market never
> > made a comeback? That would be a shame, but not a big surprise.
> > The staff were always complaining about it leaking.
>
> I thought you were talking about Seattle. If you were ever in
> Austin, I forgot about that.
>
> But no, no abalone tank at either CM in Austin. They do have a
> lobster/crab tank at the south location, and last I was at the north
> location they had a few more displays, sometimes shrimp, but never
> abs that I've seen.
>
> -sw
>

I've only ever seen live Abalone in the west coast tide pools. <sigh>
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