Civa Fiji Pearls

18/09/2025

A bit of R&R before harvest starts next week.

18/09/2025

27/08/2025

We are really proud to be showcased at Jacks of Fiji new flagship store of Nadi. Congratulations to all the Jacks of Fiji team for completing the big renos and keeping a nice place to showcase our pearls. Our pearls are now available at the Nadi, Denarau and Momi Bay stores.

23/08/2025

Chronicle of a Pearl Farmer #5 is out!

The weeks following the Coup d’état were an eye opener for me. I was used to politics. I was raised in it. My father was a high public servant, and, at one point, was a deputy minister for a few years. My aunty was the chief-of-staff for the prime minister of my province for many years. Discussio...

18/08/2025

Bula Everyone,

I think we can all feel it... there are a lot of tourists around. 2025 follows the last 3 years of good traffic from our overseas friends who come and visit our beautiful island. Following popular demand, we have decided to add Fridays to our tour schedule with availability morning and afternoon.

The tour does not change: 90 minutes with pearl farming presentation, guided snorkeling at 50$FJpp. Pearls are available on site. Visa, and Mastercard accepted.

Updated schedule:
Monda at 2pm
Tuesday at 2pm
Wednesday at 2pm
Thursday at 2pm
Friday from 10am to 4pm

Thank you all for updating your guides

Cheers

14/08/2025

Bula all! for the ones following the Chronicles of a Pearl Farmer, chapter 4 has been posted on our website. Enjoy the read!

We were not supposed to stop in Fiji. The original plan was to sail from Tonga to New Zealand so we could dodge the cyclone season. That is the recommended route by the community of sailors, cruisers, books, insurance companies and navigation articles. We were at anchor in Vavau harbor in Tonga well...

06/08/2025

3rd installment of the Chronicles of a Pearl Farmer is out. Enjoy!

The story continues with our arrival in French Polynesia and our introduction to pearl farming.

30/07/2025

Adapt or die! Climate Change... probably. There has been a lot of talk over the last decade about climate change. Many guests that come on the farm always ask me if I do see change. Until last year, I had to say no. I am not a denier. I just remember well the Y2K drama. There was a lot of noise and no issues at the end of the day. As for climate change, there were no change I could see. We monitor water temp and salinity every week and we do this year-round. There was no change. I cannot say that anymore. For the last two years, we did not see warmer waters but we did see warmer water for a much longer summer season. It used to peak at 29*C for 8 weeks. It now peaks at 29*C for 12 to 16 weeks. The last two years, we saw a general weakness in the oysters at the end of the summer (heat fatigue). It is time to adapt. Climate change will be all about mitigation. In the last year, we have moved the farm in a deeper, wider and cooler bay. And we will probably have to move our Fall implant and harvest to the middle of Winter. We are having our first test run this week in the middle of July (winter over here).

29/07/2025

Bula all,
If you liked the first installment of the Chronicles of a Pearl Farmer, here is the second short story. Enjoy.

This is the second installment of Chronicles of a Pearl Farmer. It is the follow up of the first chapter. We are now drifting in the South Pacific with no wind and a dead engine on our way to the Gambier Islands of French Polynesia.

25/07/2025

Every year, about 2500 guests come on the Pearl Farm to see what we do and how we do it. I invariably get 3 questions from everyone that comes. One of them is this one: " How does a Canadian from the Great White North ends up in Fiji to make pearls?"
I decided to answer to this question in a more public manner. I wrote 8 short stories about it called Chronicles of a Pearl Farmer (I know... not a very original title). I just posted the first story on our website.
Apologies to my friends and family from Canada for writing it in English... my audience over here is 99.345% Shakespearian.

Syjoli III logbook March 15th, 2006, Panama City Harbour, Panama Today is the big day. The engine is serviced; the batteries are topped up and floating at 14.4 volts. Danielle has worked tirelessly at prepping and storing food for the next 2 months. She has been at it for the last 2 weeks. All syste...

25/07/2025

Graduation day today for Josephine Mccomber and Melania Baleilekutu who are now officially part of the gang! The Nasomo Handicraft Center is now a proud team of 10. We celebrated a bit today with a day out on the farm and a magnificent lunch/lovo prepared by Teila Soro. It is great to see them thriving.