Freshwater eel, Anguilla japonica, sorting and transport device. Freshwater eel, Anguilla japonica, sorting and transport device.

Freshwater eels, Anquilla japonica, orienting to current in feeding basket.

Fallow eel culture pond showing aeration paddle machine on pond floor bottom.

Fallow eel culture pond showing transport table, aeration machine and extensive pipe structure. Freshwater eel, Anguilla japonica.

Giant crab for sale at Shiogama market in Japan

Anadara sp and Mactra sp for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Buccinum sp (whelk) for sale at Shiogama market in Japan.

Corbicula clam for sale at Shiogama market in Japan.

Marine crab packed in sawdust at Shiogama market in Japan.

Marine oysters, Crassostrea gigas, for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Packages of dried squid in the center and nori, porphyra, on the sides for sale that the Shiogama market in Japan.

Live octopus for sale that the Shiogama market in Japan.

Clams, Mactra chinensis, for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Neptunia, a type of whelk, sold for food at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Live octopus for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Patinopecten caurinus scallop for sale that the Shiogama market in Japan.

Salmon roe and octopus packaged for sale at the Shiogama market in Japan.

Salmon roe (eggs) marked for sale at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan.

Marine shrimp for sale at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan.

Spidercrab on ice for sale at the Shiogama seafood maket in Japan.

Squid for sale at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan.

A street market in Northern Japan in the early morning getting ready for sales.

A Tapes species of clam bagged for sale at the Shiogama seafood market in Japan.

Freshly caught Tuna being sorted and marked for shipment to Japanese seafood markets.

Venders displaying their products at the Shiogama seafood market.

A jar of cultured soft-shell turtle eggsmarked by harvest lot at a Japanese turtle farm.

Bamboo raft culture of oysters with net strung between stakes for algae culture. Matsushima Bay, Japan

Rope used in oysters culture on a dock in Japan. Note some of the scallop shells that had been used for spat settlement.

Long-line raft culture using bamboo stakes in a bay in Japan.

Distant view of long-line stake culture using bamboo stakes in a bay in Japan.

Rows of bamboo stakes cross the bay holding ropes with oysters growing on them.

Bamboo stake culture of oysters is done close to shore at this Japanese bay.

View of Japanese oyster culture system. Scallop shells on rope are used for spat settlement at this Japanese farm.

Close-up view of Japanese oyster culture on scallop shells attached to ropes held on bamboo stakes. Bay is at low tide.

Long-line oyster culture with larger oysters on the front lines and juvenile spat on scallop shells in the background.

Scallop shells hanging on long-lines with oyster spat attached (small white spots).

View of long-line oyster culture at low tide in Matsushima Bay, Japan.

Algae mat for algae culture in between bamboo stakes used in long-line aquaculture of oysters.

View of mat used for algae culture between oyster culture beds at low tide with mat exposed.

Half-shell oysters showing good size from an aquaculture farm in Japan.

Cultured black Mikimoto pearl at Pearl Island, Japan. Amount in Yen was worth $3,34.00 U.S. dollars in summer of 2003

Cultured white Mikimoto pearl at Pearl Island, Japan Amount in Yen was workth $12,707.17 U.S. in summer of 2003

Giant figure of a pearl with shell outside the Pearl Island store in Japan.

Display unit showing the parts of a black-lipped oyster with pearls.

Machine that shapes the cultured pearl to make it rounder.

Chart indicating various methods for refining cultured pearls.

Technician demonstrating the process of pearl removal from a cultured pearl.

Black- lipOysters which have been retrieved from a pearl farm for pearl harvest.

Petri dishes with various sizes and types of oysters from pearl culture.

Board with dents used to size and sort pearls.