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My sons, when i explained that some people still think Fiji pearls are the same as Tahitian:

Those darks kill me.

Fiji Pearl oyster coming in to be harvested: Just kidding - that's a giant clam.

From Kioa farm - the never ending experiment:

Chocolate kiss:

With love from Fiji: 11mm rounds. Our wives love us - they didn't marry us for our pearls.

Hi - we are still working through the lines. Here are a few shots from Thursday / friday. There are ways to increase round % - but this last year we did not employ some of those methods. Food issues - around "high islands" is tough to deal with. Sometimes the shells are strong (then you...

I am a little behind on the grading going on at home. These are the baroques, sb's, and round / semi-rounds from Friday. Same group the circles came from: Lee working on the harvest by line. Baroque's SB's Round / semi rounds. Again not the % we would like but not going to complain about...

Bula Cees - answer is no. Black lip pearl oyster is very difficult to culture, numbers per run are low. Nursery stages - again difficult. We also support the concept of purchasing wild caught spat from community spat farms. Our oysters are not "dominant" in our environment, in fact very rare...

The History of Fiji Pearls. From what I understand and have read about the History of Pearling in Fiji: There have been several attempts, mainly by Japanese companies, dating back to the 1950?s, to start pearling ventures in Fiji. Most of these attempts came under the Japanese ?Diamond...

I might be able to do that.

Now that we are really and truly going through the harvest I can get more shots? Its rather interesting as very very few people have seen our product - and see it in all states of production and entirety. - I will show the bad too. As I said round % a little low, circle % high this harvest. -...

We have been harvesting along. Our round % is not great, but colours coming pretty strong. We just harvested re seed, I love big baroques, this is the big of the harvest. that's 18.9mm and then too big for teclock! Not perfect "black smudge" on back side - hoping it might just rub off in...

After lunch - peek into techs harvest bowl. And then you get that one pearl who just has to be different. That is what i love the most about our Fiji Pearls - they are just so different. Here he is all alone - actually he has a couple brothers and sisters... but not quite like him.

I know people love these. Fresh from the farm - Fiji Keshi's. Yes - the backdrop is nice too. Thanks for being such gracious hosts.

Sorry should be IFREMER - French Institute for oceanic research / exploitation. Very well respected. Will get more pics of pearls being harvested and graded. Hope you are all well. JH

Hi everyone, hectic couple months here in Fiji. Caught up with some of the pearl forum people in HK. I thought this Hong Kong show was a little better from the farmers perspective, with higher prices. We are busy down here. I thought i would post a few shots on what we have been doing...

When I have a bit more time I will talk about how we start making changes to over all production, with regards to colour.. Its time to leave the darks, greys, and blacks. Sinking ship right now. That will be a longer post this will be quick. This strand we have in our safe. But it is not...

That big reddish chocolate was the most expensive pearl we ever made. We still have the farm - we are still trying to figure out the "tricks" to that particular site. The oysters don't like really like it there - some of the colours, are the most spectacular we have ever made or seen!! this...

Some shots of our early auctions. These were really pretty successful - developed a bit of a "cult following" after the success of these auctions because of the unique product. I would also talk to the invited guests about the farms, the culture of the farms, the people, and our own...