The abalone, known as fish, is an expensive sea-eating shellfish, tastes good, nutritionally rich, has a fragrance, is known as the sea's “soft gold”, has a small flesh, 12.6 per cent of the protein and 0.8 per cent of the fat for fresh products, and contains up to 54.1 per cent of the protein in dry products, with a good variety of amino acids, a good mix of vitamins and trace elements, a very high-protein, low-fat food of excellent taste。