Pearl Monument on the Corniche of Doha Bay with the central business district of the West Bay on the horizon, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Pearl Momument on the Corniche of Doha Bay with the central business district of the West Bay on the horizon, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

View across the bay to Oyster island, Island of Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu, South Pacific, Pacific

Pearl Monument on the Corniche of Doha Bay with the centra business district of the West Bay on the horizon, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Oyster Farming in Walvis Bay, Walvis Bay, Namibia

Oyster fishermen grading oysters with the Dune du Pyla in the background, Bay of Arcachon, Gironde, Aquitaine, France, Europe

Waterfront oyster pearl sculpture, Doha Bay, Doha, Qatar, Middle East

Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt, National Park, Oyster Bay, Long Island, New York, United States of America, North America

Oyster farming, South Bay, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America

Oyster farming, South Bay, Florianopolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, South America

Men collecting mussels. In Fangar Bay mussels and oysters are farmed. Ebro Delta Nature Reserve, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Men working in mussel farming. In Fangar Bay. Ebro Delta Nature Reserve, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

In Fangar Bay mussels and oysters are farmed. Ebro Delta Nature Reserve, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Aerial view of rows buoys marking farm grown oyster cages, Hoopers Island, Maryland.

A tube, transporting oxygen and heated water, is tethered to a diver from the side of a boat, Wittman, Maryland.

Worker shows mussels dead due to heat wave. In Fangar Bay mussels and oysters are farmed. Ebro Delta Nature Reserve, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain.

Mushiake Bay, Okayama, Japan

Okayama Prefecture, Japan

Oyster beds in the bay of Morlaix, Brittany, France

Jennifer Carroll, oyster hatchery manager and researcher at Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore MD.She is holding a diploid Asian oyster C. ariakensis in the "algae kitchen" in the biosecure laboratory. She is studying reproduction to determine whether to introduce into the bay.