
Akoya oyster; Japanese pearl oyster
Farms are certified to a third-party aquaculture standard OR farming activities are intrinsically low impact (e.g. rope cultivation of filter feeding shellfish).
akoya-gai
馬氏珍珠貝,阿古屋珍珠貝
March 2022
Ms Heather Sadusky, University of Maine
The University of Hong Kong
The most common pearl culture practise is to implant a round nucleus and a piece of mantle tissue into the gonad of a recipient pearl oyster, all steps done by skilful and well-trained workers. The oysters would then be returned to culture conditions within the floating cage area, allowing shell materials to slowly secrete on top of the nucleus overtime.