Savusavu Pearl Farm

Savusavu Pearl Farm, which grows export quality black pearls, is now established. The black pearl farm was founded by the marin biologist Justin Hunter. Fiji's first peal farm .Each J. Hunter Pearl comes from an implanted oyster that remains in the water for up to two years before harvesting. During the time before harvest, the progress of each oyster is monitored and the molluscs are carefully cleaned.

This is Fiji's first venture into commercial black pearl cultivation, an industry that worldwide is less than 30 years old. Black pearls are well established in the Cook Islands and Tahiti. Guided black pearl farm tours are conducted on a daily basis for adults and children. Visitors can see the farms various stages of oyster development, and if they are lucky - the implanting of a mantle, a small piece of tissue from a donor oyster, and the pearl nucleus, made from the shell of a mussel from the USA's Mississippi River. The two ingredients work together to eventually form the oyster’s pearl.