Why Is Abalone So Expensive? | Talking Point | Full Episode

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Why is abalone so expensive? Host Steven Chia heads out to sea into the shark-infested waters off Tasmania to uncover the secrets behind one of the world’s most prized delicacies. From free-diving harvesters risking their lives for wild abalone to climate change and disease threatening its survival, could sustainable abalone farming be the answer? Talking Point goes behind the scenes of this billion-dollar industry, from sea to plate, to reveal why this sea snail fetches such a high price.

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00:00 Introduction
01:41 What is abalone?
02:18 Prices and types of abalone
04:55 Taste test: wild VS farmed abalone
08:30 Wild abalone harvesting in Tasmania
12:42 Abalone diver’s cost breakdown
14:08 Next step: abalone processing facility
16:33 Price of abalone processing for export
17:40 Poaching and other threats to wild abalone
23:50 Rise of abalone farms
24:48 Inside an abalone farm in Australia
27:13 Advantages of farmed abalone
32:00 Dried abalone: even more expensive
32:28 Inside a dried abalone factory
35:40 Why's dried abalone so expensive?
38:06 How to cook live abalone
41:47 How to cook dried abalone

 

[Kaylin]

abalone jhj

 

[begintoend]

Izit on tonight talking point

 

[Nevereatrice]

risky will go in squat or make u bankrupt

 

[Lemonkey]

abalone too expensive, nowadays only can afford eat caviar