Australian dried abalone are displayed on sale in a shop in Singapore's downtown, Chinatown, January 27, 2008. The multi million-dollar trade in the small shellfish, prized by Chinese communities as a New Year dinner, sees a seasonal windfall both for the abalone industry and the criminal gangs who run poaching operations in Australia and New Zealand. With domestic sales insignificant, abalone fishermen in Australia and neighbouring New Zealand match their catch to meet Lunar New Year demand in restaurants in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Japan. REUTERS/Gillian Murdoch (SINGAPORE)