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Pearl divers
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Pearl-farm divers go 10-80 meters deep in search of health and only mature oysters
for growing south sea Pearls. Though most south sea pearl -oyster divers today use
modern scuba equipment. In the Philippines, oysters are still routinely collected
by "free-divers" who use no equipment at all, some south sea pearling Operations employ
pearling ships, unique to south sea pearl cultivation. Nucleated south sea pearl oyster
are nurtured in isolated bays of the purest water , for distant from industrial areas,
after 3 or 4 months. Each oyster is x-rayed to confirm that its nucleus has not been
rejected, oysters with nuclei still inside are returned to the water to continue cultivation,
a period that lasts 2 to 3 years. |
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