Infancy through the First Eight Months of Life
The eggs are in buckets in the “hatchery” – infused with the wild abalone sperm. They hatch within 24 hours and are transferred to tanks after 5 days. In the nursery, a term used to describe the months old abalone as they lay on the bottom of well ventilated tanks waiting to grow, they are no longer eggs – they are baby abalone.

During the first stage process, attention is paid to the growth process of the growing abalone, attempting to keep like sizes with like sizes, readjusting their tank locations through painstakingly delicate methods. Their light greenish color becomes more apparent as they grow during their 8 month stay of their first stage of life.

Out of the 15 – 30 million abalone that have been spawned, 10 – 15% will make it into stage two of life.