A curious South African sea snail is a prized dish in Asia. That has meant a trail of destruction

An employee of the HIK abalone farm holds an abalone snail near Hawston, South Africa, April 26, 2023. The high demand has spurred an alternative to wild abalone – farmed abalone. HIK Abalone has a total of around 13 million abalone at any one time at their two south coast farms. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay) HAWSTON - Nearly every house in Hawston has a boat in its yard, sometimes two. It takes a moment to realize many are out of action, grass sprouting through holes in hulls that haven’t touched water for years. They are relics of another time, when people…