Indeed, pearls from freshwater mussels lie at the center of the liveliest activity in pearling today. Natural freshwater pearls occur in mussels for the same reason that saltwater pearls occur in ...

About 200 years ago pearl mussels were harvested for, as the name suggests, pearls. However, the name can mislead - only about one per cent of them contain this hidden 'treasure' (and most of ...

He had a bucket sitting on the floor he would put them in.” Turning mussels into pearls According to the U.S. Department of Interior 1906 Mineral Resource Guide, the value of the production of ...

Dead pearl mussels from a previous poaching incident in Scotland Police have appealed for information after 80 freshwater pearl mussels were killed in a poaching incident on the River Spey in the ...

Pearl farming offers lucrative returns, with potential earnings of up to Rs 20 lakh per batch from a modest investment.

Pearls are made by marine oysters and freshwater mussels as a natural defence against an irritant such as a parasite entering their shell or damage to their fragile body. The oyster or mussel slowly ...

Simply sign up to the Sustainability myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Produced by oysters in oceans or mussels in rivers, pearls have been coveted by humans since the Bronze Age.

While it might seem a high price, the pearl is indeed rare. It is said that only one in every 5,000 mussels found in Scottish rivers has a pearl. The Abernathy pearl is thought to have been ...

Helsingin Sanomat reports that forestry giant Stora Enso cannot use the trees it felled near the Hukkajoki River last August ...

“Its coastal waters are home to the European lobster and brown crab, while the tidal river is home to the freshwater pearl mussel, Atlantic salmon, sea trout and European eel,” the Labour MP ...