METHOD FOR PRODUCING FREE PEARLS IN ABALONE

摘要

A new method is disclosed for producing free pearls unattached to the shell of abalone, preferably red abalone, Haliotis rufescens, by using nuclei grafted into grafting channels of the abalone viscera, in at least six steps: (a) relaxing abalone in a tank containing water and CO2; (b) implanting a nucleus in a grafting channel of the abalone; (c) inserting a piece of mantle tissue in the grafting channel; (d) closing the grafting channel; (e) recovering the abalone; and (f) obtaining the pearl.