The Arabian Gulf was one of the
largest natural diving economies in the world. There were more than 1000
pearling boats which offered jobs for 20,000 pearl divers until the 1950s. The Emirati hunt for the black pearl has not stopped completely. They still
do tours in waters off Palm Jebal Ali for the tourists. Taking the tourists in
a pre-launch dhow tour and pearling dive where they learn the merits of
fetching oysters from the sea bottom and once safe back on board, look for
naturally-grown pearls. Oyster hunters didn’t get rich but it was about the
journey. Dhows has wooden decks of 60-feet. The local pearl industry
collapsed when Far East pearl farmers did the pearl planting. Now it is much
easier to get pearls instead of going for months searching of them. A long
time ago pearling was the main source of income but it has gone away for many
reasons but some people are hoping to keep it alive by doing tours and make people know about
this amazing sport.
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