ABSTRACT
Pinctada maxima is an oyster that produces highly valuable silver and gold South Sea pearls (Strack 2006; Southgate 2007). Juvenile of P. maxima usually grows faster than the adult (Chellam 1978). At least 18 months are needed to achieve sufficient size of oysters for pearl nuclei insertion. Efforts were taken to accelerate high survival and growth of P. maxima juveniles to achieve shorter production time of nuclei-insertion-ready oysters.
