The pearl making

• Collecting the pearl oyster Pinctada margaritifera

• Oyster rearing

• The grafting procedure and the pearl harvest

Pearl production and marketing  

• General analysis

• The failings of a recent industrial activity

• Work well organised: the first step towards success

Effects of development on the Polynesian atolls

• The contribution of the pearl industry to the Polynesian economy

• The dynamics of the pearl industry in the atolls

• The future of the pearl industry in the atolls