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Old 12-01-2007, 07:03 PM
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Paspaley had equipment that they put on their flat-bed boats to x-ray the shells to see if the implants were still inside and how much growth had occured. The oysters were in nets that were passed across a table through the machine.

They also had cleaning machines where the nets were passed through a high-pressure water spray, above and below, to blast off the build-up of foreign matter on the shells.

Cool, huh?
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