Dear Ross;- My nephew visits China regularly. I have asked him in the past to try to find someone who lives along the coast who might be interested in shell trading, selling, collecting, etc. The most frequent answer is that he tried but in China, animal material is for eating, not decorating. If the animal is too small even to eat, it can be used for road surfaces, fertiizer, etc. I am sure that there must be a few Chinese who are interested in shells, but I have no idea how to contact them nor do I have any idea if they are in contact with eachother. I am sure that Hong Kong may, for now, be the best bet. And as Hong Kong opens to China, so will China open to Hong Kong. If the entrepeneurs there can see a Dollar to be made, a little time down the road may see species from that long coast of China offered for sale. Art