Abalone, the seafood from the land with sea flavour
Abalone, belonging to a gasteropod mollusk family is highly valued for its meat. The mollusk resembles the human ear due to its form and using a bit of imagination. For this reason it is also called sea ear.
On the outside it has a rough texture whereas on the inside it has a wide range of colours as well as small marks. In its natural environment it feeds on seaweed, far from star fish and crabs, its natural predators.
It only has one shell and is stuck to sea rocks.
GOURMET DELICACY
Abalone is one of the most expensive seafoods in the world and is considered a sea delicacy in the Asian markets. Japan and China are the main world consumers of this product. One kilo of abalone costs more than 100 Euros in these markets.
This mollusk feeds on seaweeds. It can be bought dry, fresh, tinned, salted or frozen. It should be slowly cooked at a low temperature. Prolonged cooking increases its taste although sun-dried abalone is the tastiest option. This is a common Asian preparation and the most valued and expensive of all.
In the entire world, gourmet gastronomy is including abalone in menus as one of the most exclusive proposals.
PRODUCTION PROCESS
Through a combination of location, a talented team and state of the art technology, GMA is able to produce Abalone all yerar round. From the seeding process to the end abalone.
Galician Marine Aquaculture’s farm is located on the estuary of Muros-Noia. It covers a surface of 25,000 m2 with the option to become 50.000m2.
1 HATCHERY
Hatchery for production of more than 3,500,000 abalones
2 PRE FATTENING
Pre Fattening and Fattening farm in which we can produce over 115 Tons/year of Haliotis discus hannai in two formats (10 y 12 pieces per kilo)
3 MATURITY PROCESS
Abalone´s warehouse in which the seafooed is packaged in different formats.
PRODUCTION FIGURES
7,5MILL €
FIXED ASSET INVESTMENT
1,5MILL €
R&D INVESTMENT
22 PUESTOS
PRODUCTION PLANT EMPLOYEES
ABALONE RECIPES
Abalone is considered one of the most exclusive seafoods in the world
GOURMET PRODUCT
Abalone is one of the most expensive seafoods in the world and is considered a sea delicacy in the Asian markets. Japan and China are the main world consumers of this product. One kilo of abalone costs more than 100 Euros in these markets.
This mollusk feeds on seaweeds. It can be bought dry, fresh, tinned, salted or frozen. It should be slowly cooked at a low temperature. Prolonged cooking increases its taste although sun-dried abalone is the tastiest option. This is a common Asian preparation and the most valued and expensive of all.
In the entire world, gourmet gastronomy is including abalone in menus as one of the most exclusive proposals.