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The Paua Shell
These pictures show the range of beautiful colours that a Paua shell
entails. The colours range from reds, to blues, to greens and all
the colours in between. The outer shell is usually a duller colour
because it is exposed to sea forces.
    
   
Harvesting
The first few pictures here are of the tubs
that the Paua's lie in while being harvested. As you can see they
start off in bags that hang in the water. The bags contain sometimes
hundreds of tiny Paua. Slowly they become larger so they need to
be alone at the bottom of the tubs. Sometimes from here the Paua
are taken out into the ocean or they are just left in the tubs depending
on where they are being farmed.
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