[Slraep]

Pala International's recent newsletter has two short articles on and pictures of Scottish river pearls and abalone.

Just Google: Pala gems

Slraep

[jshepherd]

... debuting a new Website, http://www.abalonepearls.co.nz/ Great! There are not enough ab Sites around.

[Slraep]

Another interesting read about the Scottish river pearl and its decline. Pollution is, of course, a major factor.

Muskrats are important predators! I did not know that...

http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSite...eIntCode=s1029

Slraep

[GemGeek]

Originally Posted by Slraep

Muskrats are important predators! I did not know that...
Slraep

Neither did I. Learning about that makes you wish there was a pearl trivia game. Maybe we need to make one

Blaire

[Caitlin]

Thanks Slreap

For others:
I think we have a few articles about mussles in Scotland and in Wales around here. IN one article they did a bit of reintroduction to a Welsh river-- of domestically cultured mussles.

We also have many articles about American rivers and the state of their mussles. I put them by states, ie, "Unios in Virginia"

Next to pearls, this has become my favorite pearly subject and I wish thousands of readers would take notice. There are MussleWtch sites in several states now, where folks count and type wild mussles, much as birder watchers do with birds!