It is very unlikely that you can call Spain an abalone producing country, and that was why I did not pass up visiting the booth of Galician Marine Aquaculture or GMA. GMA was founded in the 2003 not as a company but as a project of the University of Santiago de Compostela. This project was to become a leading company in the field of sustainable development and growth of new-market marine species with value added potential, starting with the successful comprehensive growth of abalone production - something not yet done before, especially in Spain.

Abalone: Galician Marine Aquaculture (GMA). (2017, February 23). Business World, p. S2/9.