Abalone is farmed on four aptly named farms in Hermanus: Sea View, Amaza (waves), Bergsig (mountain view) and now also Sulamanzi (clean water). Prime selected animals from the hatchery are placed on Sea View where expert staff provide them with the best possible care. Once the animals are of a suitable age and size, they are moved out to Amaza where the intermediate sized animals are housed. Finally, the animals are settled on Bergsig to complete their growth phase.
Sulamanzi houses as much animals as the other three farms combined, but in 9 isolated units for biosecurity reasons.
Combined, the three farms comprise 13 hectares and house 4 000 land-based tanks that require more than 10,000 tons of pumped seawater every hour!