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History of our farm

In 2002 my father sold the farm to me. I got off to a tough start when the pearl market crashed less than a year later. Forty percent of the pearl farms in Polynesia went out of business as prices plummeted. We managed to stay afloat due to the superior quality of our pearls, but it was a difficult time. We were forced to cut our team from 22 to five. Kamoka Pearl has always been run like a family, and it was hard to say goodbye to so many loyal, hardworking people. Since the crash the market has risen about thirty percent, which is roughly the cost of production for most farms.