The queen conch could prove to be a real jewel for Florida Atlantic University. The plan: to use the marine animal to produce cultured pearls, and potentially make a lot of money with both sales and a ...

HANOI: What began as a routine getaway soon turned into an unexpected journey of discovery for Dinh Lan Anh, a tourist from Hanoii, when she witnessed the intricate art of pearl harvesting and ...

A bumper pearl harvest is drawing to a close for farmers in Western Australia's Kimberley region. Kaillis Australian Pearls will produce more than 350 kilograms of pearls this season, up 30 per cent ...

A community festival has helped keep the Kimberley Coast’s prestigious pearling industry alive, protecting it from a crisis caused by economic downturn and a disease. On the remote tip of Western ...

URUMQI, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Farmers in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, an inland region in northwest China, have been busy harvesting salmon, lobsters and hairy crabs -- and now pearls. They are ...

I do the breast stroke through glass-clear, 70-degree water, from the dock of the pearl farm to a vibrant coral head 50 feet away. Below me, I spot a blacktip reef shark cruising past a school of ...

The Awarding of Deqing Freshwater Pear Mussels Composite Fishery System BEIJING, Nov. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- On October 31 in Rome, Italy, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) ...