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Today on the silver specail 7 - 8 am, Matt was selling a Peacock, (can be used as a pendant or a brooch) he said it contained mother of pearl, abalone and peridot. I thought to myself "abalone, now there is something about abalone, that i thought it couldnt be sold??" I thought that the use of this was outlawed several years ago (once upon a time you could buy the little shells from shell sovenir shops at the seaside - havent seen one on sale now in absolutely years)
I was so certain that its use is not encouraged - and i am right, most places where you can find abalone, you need a licence to harvest; abalone stocks are dangerously low world wide; the white abalone is listed as an endangered species. Licences are required to harvest abalone, so i wonder if Gems are selling abalone that comes from sustainable abalone farms, and if so then when presenting a piece of abalone they should inform the viewers that the said piece of abalone has in fact been grown this way, and has not been illegally harvested.
Hate to sound a know it all - coz i am not, its just when he mentioned abalone, it fired a memory button. XX
I was so certain that its use is not encouraged - and i am right, most places where you can find abalone, you need a licence to harvest; abalone stocks are dangerously low world wide; the white abalone is listed as an endangered species. Licences are required to harvest abalone, so i wonder if Gems are selling abalone that comes from sustainable abalone farms, and if so then when presenting a piece of abalone they should inform the viewers that the said piece of abalone has in fact been grown this way, and has not been illegally harvested.
Hate to sound a know it all - coz i am not, its just when he mentioned abalone, it fired a memory button. XX