The Pearl Producers Association (PPA) is the peak representative organisation of The Australian South Sea Pearling Industry...
To produce a quality Australian South Sea Pearl, A wild harvested P. maxima pearl oyster must be carefully reared for at least two years in the clean, nutrient rich tropical waters of North-Western Australia, using reliable husbandry systems. P. maxima pearl oysters that are reared in Australia produce higher quantities of pearl making pallial fluid which is the natural substance which contains the constituent components of nacre which makes Australian South Sea pearls the highest quality and the rarest in the world.