Lonely abalone looking for love: can captive breeding save endangered shellfish?
Scientists at NOAA are working to save white abalone from extinction, through captive breeding.
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Scientists Use 'Love Potion' to Help Endangered White Abalone Snail Reproduce
May 10, 2021 04:00 AM EDT (Photo : Wikimedia Commons) Kristin Aquilino of the University of California, Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, is the lead scientist for the White Abalone Captive Breeding Program. "White abalone cannot come back without our assistance," she says. The animals, which were once abundant in Southern California and Mexico's coastal waters, have been on the US federal endangered species list since 2001. Overfishing, poor reproduction rates, and disease have both harmed the population. Aquilino's team increased their numbers after about ten years, during which no white aba...
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