Sixth pre-CIBJO Congress Report released
Much to learn within our oceans & waterways: CIBJO With fewer than six weeks to go to the opening of the 2024 CIBJO Congress in Shanghai, China, on November 2, 2024, the sixth of the pre-congress Special Reports has been released. Prepared by the CIBJO Pearl Commission, headed by Kenneth Scarratt, the report looks at environmental and biochemical research being carried out on pearls and in the waters in which the pearl oysters live, and the likely impact that the knowledge gained will have on pearl farming, marketing and the quality of the product itself. As it did in 2023, the report considers the effects of micro plastics that pollute the waters both in the wild and the vicinity of pearling farms, and which have been detected in sediments and in the oysters themselves. In culturing areas, Scarratt notes that an important evidence has been collected that indicates that exposure to micro plastics may impact the appearance of bio minerals and the expression of bio mine