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Old 08-17-2007, 05:39 PM
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It is true. We lost 700,000 shell.

The storm dumped too much freshwater into the bay and the salinity of the water dropped drastically. Even dropping the shells 5 meters could not save them all. The fish farms lost nearly 100%.

Anyway, things happen, it is part of the life of pearl farming. It is sad, but it is by no means the end. We are going to start grafting again in the next few months.

This is a picture of the devastation at a fish farm in Xuwen.
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