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Collecting pearls from wild molluscs
An ama pearl diver in Japan
Pearl hunting, also known as pearling, is the activity of recovering or attempting to recover pearls from wild molluscs, usually oysters or mussels, in the sea or freshwater. Pearl hunting was prevalent in the Persian Gulf region and Japan for thousands of years. On the northern and north-western coast of Western Australia pearl diving began in the 1850s, and started in the Torres Strait Islands in the 1860s, where the term also covers diving for nacre or mother of pearl found in what were known as pearl shells.
In most cases the pearl-bearing molluscs live at depths where they are not manually accessible from the surface, and diving or the use of some form of tool is needed to reach them. Historically the molluscs were retrieved by freediving, a technique where the diver descends to the bottom, collects what they can, and surfaces on a single breath. The diving mask improved the ability of the diver to see while underwater. When the surface-supplied diving helmet became available for underwater work, it was also applied to the task of pearl hunting, and the associated activity of collecting pearl shell as a raw material for the manufacture of buttons, inlays and other decorative work. The surface supplied diving helmet greatly extended the time the diver could stay at depth, and introduced the previously unfamiliar hazards of barotrauma of ascent and decompression sickness.
Pearlhunting, also known as pearling, is the activity of recovering or attempting to recover pearls from wild molluscs, usually oysters or mussels, in...
pearls are extremely difficult to find today and are known for their unique yellowish color. Before the beginning of the 20th century, pearlhunting was...
Pearling may refer to: Pearl farming, which creates cultured pearlsPearlhunting, the practice of diving for pearls and mother of pearl (nacre) Pearling...
Hidd and Muharraq. Many family members were involved in the lucrative pearlhunting industry. The Al Thawawda are among those clans that moved to Bahrain...
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Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
concert tentatively titled The Diver's Wife, a love story concerning pearlhunting, which would eventually become the title track from her next album,...
on fishing and pearlhunting. A report prepared by local governors of the Ottoman Empire in 1892 states that income from pearlhunting in 1892 is 2,450...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Muthu Kulikka Vaarieyala (transl. Do you want to go pearlhunting?) is a 1995 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film written and directed by K. S...
as 1,400 to 1,700 men of the 'Mahamee' tribe living there during the pearlhunting season (April–September), many of whom would migrate to Al Buraimi in...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
Activities Aquathlon Apnoea finswimming Freediving Haenyeo Pearlhunting Ama Snorkeling Spearfishing Underwater football Underwater hockey Underwater...
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