Commercial clam hatcheries require a method of labeling or "tagging" clams so that they can be identified as hatchery reared. This is a requirement of the Queensland Department of Primary Industry, aimed at the prevention of the sale of clams collected illegally from the Great Barrier Reef Marine...
Pearl oysters of the species Pinctada maxima (silver lip or gold lip pearl oyster), P. margaritifera (black lip pearl oyster), and Pteria penguin (bat wing pearl oyster), are all used in the Australian cultured pearl industry, but Pinctada maxima is by far the most important economically. Pinctada...