Dear Knotty Panda,
Thanks for the heads up regarding Doug Mclaurin's site. I had a look and indeed he seems to be up to something interesting. I was in Mexico a couple of years ago and found some live Pinctada Margaritifera Mazatlanicas while diving. Being a graft technician myself, I was captivated by these close cousins of our Pinctada Margaritfera Cumingi. Anyway, I hope to be lucky enough to meet Doug Mclaurin some day.
Regarding the link to my site, as soon as I pressed send on my message I realized I forgot it so I went back and edited it back in. Now in looking in the forum I see my message is the original, not the edited one.
My site is
www.kamokapearls.com if you want to have a look.
Thanks!
Josh