Pearl oyster farming represents a sophisticated intersection of aquaculture, marine biology and sustainable economic development. The production process involves the careful selection of oysters, the ...

Viruses are hurting Japan's pearl oysters. Now scientists are working to figure out how to make the oysters more resilient. By Laura Baisas Published Nov 10, 2022 10:00 AM EST Get the Popular Science ...

The pearl oyster industry is a growing multibillion dollar sector of mollusk aquaculture. Pearl farming occurs throughout Australasia, the Middle East and South America. Few species of mollusks ...

Pearl oysters are an important animal for farming in Japan as they produce the beautiful pearls, which are of economic value. But, in the last 20 years, a combination of different factors, such as ...

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New research suggests that exposure to a single seismic survey is unlikely to increase mortality or affect pearl production in adults of an oyster species farmed in Australian waters. They were then ...

Pearls have never been cultivated in European seas Warming Mediterranean attracting alien species Pearl oysters invading Italy's north-west coast Italian oyster farmers see business opportunity GULF ...

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Researchers produce the first robust genome of pearl oysters, which they hope can be used to find strains that are resilient to increasingly common diseases or that produce more beautiful pearls.