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Mabe Pearl Auction in Zanzibar 9th February 2008

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On Saturday 9th February an auction will be held at Zanzibar Palace Museum in Stone Town. Half pearls (so-called mabe pearls) produced in a pilot project within the SUCCESS mariculture program will be auctioned.  

The first ever Zanzibar half pearls were harvested in November 14, 2007. Five of these pearls have been set in silver and one in gold, and will be auctioned. 40 unset half pearls from similar projects around the world have also been donated to the project and will be sold at the auction.  

The production and sales of polished shell jewelry in the Fumba Peninsular has been going on since May 2006. The villagers from Fumba, Zanzibar, who participated in this pilot project for half pearl production are going to do an exhibition on pearl farming and shell polishing from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm, in Zanzibar Palace Museum in Forodhani, Stone Town, Zanzibar. During the day polished shells and jewellery will also be sold.

Read more about the half pearl project in the latest WIOMSA Newsbrief.

Program for the day:

Time

Activity

13:00 – 14:00

Arrival of the guests and Registration

14:00 – 14:10

Arrival of the Guest of Honor

14:10 - 14:20

Welcoming Remarks

14:20 – 14:30

Remarks by Executive Secretary of WIOMSA

14:30 – 14:40

Remarks by USAID representative

14:40 – 14:50

Remarks by IMS Director

14: 50 – 15:00

Remarks by VC UDSM

15:00 – 15:15

Opening Address by the Hon Minister

15:15 – 16:45

Going through posters and exhibition buying jewelry

15:45 – 16:00

Tea

15:45 – 16:45

Auctioning

16:45 – 17:00

Closing remarks

About the project

The Western Indian Ocean Marine Sciences Association (WIOMSA) and the Coastal Resources Center (CRC) of the University of Rhode Island, working with the Institute of Marine Sciences (IMS) and the villagers from Fumba Peninsular in the Sustainable Coastal Communities and under the sponsorship of USAID has been doing a number of pilot projects on environmentally sustainable and economically feasible mariculture in the Tanzania. One of the pilots is on the pearl farming and shell polishing.

Photo by IMS.



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