excess pearls were given to the divers who could sell them to the vessel owner at a just price; in contrast, if the divers did not meet their daily quota, they would either use their reserve pearls to fulfill the quota for the next day or write that amount of pearls into a debt account. it lost to an episode of beat bugs. others switched over to cloth manufacture. in 2011 a ladies team from jersey was invited to join the league, followed in 2014 with a team from guernsey. old plans proved that there never was a building there in the early modern period. 