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Originally Posted by Mikeyy  There is good news for the Aussie pearl biz. While other farming operations around the world are struggling the Aussies were able to increase their quotas of shell by 40%. And it is wild stock. No hatchery shell used. There has been such an increase in native shell populations that they were able to dive the shell they needed in record time. Isn't that cool? Its so groovy when government and industry work together well. That's all for now. |
No hatchery shell??? More than half the shell used in Australia is hatchery. Arafura uses hatchery exclusively.