| The studies I have read that have been published by our local "Service de la Perliculture" did not say that the growth was double there at all. It's been a few years but I'm pretty sure I remember the high island of Raiatea being at the top of the charts. What those cooler southern waters do bring to the oysters though is more longevity so more consecutive grafts can be had from the same oysters. I did some spearfishing down there a couple of years ago and found two wild oysters that were shockingly big. No-way-impossible kind of big and still happily growing. Amazing and I think nothing to do with the radioactivity but likely all to do with the cooler water. |