| Pearl
Culture |
| Significant achievements in Pearl Culture in
India |
| 1972 |
Initiated a project on Pearl Culture at Tuticorin
Research Centre of CMFRI along the southeast coast |
| 1973 |
Production of first cultured marine Pearl in
India |
| 1981 |
First batch of pearl spat produced in Hatchery |
| 1985 - 87 |
Initiation of Pearl culture programmes in different
maritime states |
| 1985 - 90 |
Sea ranching of pearl oyster larvae and spat
to revive the natural stock |
| 1991 |
India hosted the FAO/NACA* training programme
on Pearl culture at CMFRI -imparting training on pearl culture to trainees
from other South, South East and East Asian countries |
| 1993 |
Village level Pearl production through direct
involvement of small-scale fishers. Pearls worth US $ 2178 were produced |
| 1994 |
Pearl produced along west coast through farming
operations in the Arabian Sea |
| 1996 - 99 |
Signing of Memorandum of understanding with
private entrepreneurs |
| 1997 |
Development of an indigenous pearl nucleus upto
18 mm size by a private entrepreneur |
Sacred
Chank Culture 
