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Abundance, Size Structure and Quality of Silver-lip Pearl Oysters in the Solomon Islands Final, June 2008FIGURESFigure 1. Google Earth image showing the relative position of the fishing grounds surveyedin the Solomon Islands.Figure 2. Mean (± S.E.) densities of silver-lip pearl oysters per 400 m 2 transect at each fishingground.Figure 3. Mean (± S.E.) densities of silver-lip pearl oysters per 400 m 2 transect at the sitessurveyed at Mboli Passage, Kia and Waghina.Figure 4. Frequency distribution of (a) lengths and (b) widths of silver-lip pearl oysterscombined across the eight fishing grounds.Figure 5. Length frequency distribution of silver-lip pearl oysters found at (a) MboliPassage (b) Kia and (c) Waghina.Figure 6. Width frequency distribution of silver-lip pearl oysters found at (a) Mboli Passage(b) Kia and (c) Waghina.Figure 7. Percentage of shells from Mboli Passage, Kia and Whagina classified as havingeither high or suspect external shell.Figure 8. Proportion of shells collected from Kia, Waghina, Mboli Passage, Marau andMalaita with white (white bar), gold (pale grey bar) and off-white (dark grey bar) marginsalong the nacreous layer of the shell.Figure 9. Extract from MaxSea chart showing potential habitat for pearl oysters at Kia.Figure 10. Extract from MaxSea chart showing potential habitat for pearl oysters in MboliPassage.Figure 11. Extract from MaxSea chart showing potential habitat for pearl oysters atWaghina.The Ecology Lab Pty Ltd – Marine and Freshwater Studies Page 24