Haliotis tuberculata, Tuberculate abalone : fisheries
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Haliotis tuberculata   Linnaeus, 1758

Tuberculate abalone

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Haliotis tuberculata

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Gastropoda | Lepetellida | Haliotidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Benthic; depth range 0 - 200 m (Ref. 2754).  Subtropical, preferred 19°C (Ref. 107945); 50°N - 9°N, 32°W - 36°E (Ref. 99669)

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean: North to the Channel Islands, south to Guinea, including Azores, Canary and Cape Verde Islands, and east to the Mediterranean. Introduced in Ireland and Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea in Israel.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 4.9, range 4 - 5.4 cm Max length : 12.3 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 99669); common length : 8.0 cm SHL male/unsexed; (Ref. 438); max. reported age: 15 years (Ref. 99669)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Collected from the sublittoral zone, from low tide up to a depth of 200 m (Ref. 2754). Offshore (Ref. 438). Collected from the supralittoral and mediolittoral or intertidal zones (Ref. 2754).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Gonochoric; broadcast spawners (males release first before the females). Spawning occurs from spring to late autumn.

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Demir, M. 2003 Shells of mollusca collected from the seas of Turkey. Turkey Journal of Zoology 27:101-140. (Ref. 2754)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2de); Date assessed: 20 December 2019

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7 - 18.6, mean 10.5 (based on 572 cells).
Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.27-0.4; tm=3; tmax=15).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 71543): Moderate vulnerability (39 of 100).
Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Moderate to high vulnerability (50 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.
Nutrients :  Calcium = 126 [75, 177] mg/100g; Iron = 4.79 [1.67, 7.92] mg/100g; Protein = 15.9 [14.8, 16.9] %; Omega3 = 0.331 [0.263, 0.400] g/100g; Selenium = 57.8 [48.5, 67.2] μg/100g; VitaminA = 0 μg/100g; Zinc = 1.97 [0.92, 3.02] mg/100g (wet weight); based on nutrient studies.

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