1.   The freshwater pearl mussel has suffered from over-zealous pearl hunters, particularly in Scotland, where an ancient law permits tinkers to fish for them.

2.   Two people have been arrested in Scotland under a clause of the Wildlife and Countryside Act which forbids the deliberate killing of the freshwater pearl mussel...

3.   All the precipitation supports a profusion of life, from trees down to rare freshwater mussels.

4.   But the American freshwater pearl mussel plays its part.

5.   The Fayette County Board of Commissioners has served notice it will oppose the listing of seven species of freshwater mussels on the endangered species list.

6.   The hatchery also may be used for research on endangered species, such freshwater mussels.

7.   They are freshwater mussels, and they are in the midst of what experts call a mass extinction.

8.   Also, the hatchery will conduct experimental breeding of freshwater mussel species similar to the threatened species, Ms. Duncan said.

9.   Freshwater mussels thrive in lakes, creeks and rivers with slow-to-moderate current and clean water.

10.   Jan Rowan, fishery biologist with the agency in Hadley, Massachusetts, said the exact number of endangered freshwater mussels to be moved is unknown.