“…Given this activity and knowledge of the species, adaptations in production have been developed in Ecuador and Peru, where the cultivation of the species is visualized with a duality of production (meat and pearls). Several studies on the cultivation and production of pearls have been developed, particularly for mabé pearls (Lodeiros et al 2018, Freites et al 2019, Freites et al 2020, Rojas-Hurtado et al 2021, Jara et al 2022, Jara et al 2023). These studies have, however, all been developed in the sea, and no study has been carried out in estuarine waters to estimate the feasibility of pearl production.…”