STORY: These fishermen in the southern Kenyan village of Shimoni are preparing for a day at sea. They’re on the hunt for sea cucumbers, small marine animals that are worth a fortune in Asian markets.

Locals consider it a gift from nature, a "heaven-sent" delicacy that appears only in pristine, deep-water environments around areas like Van Don and Quan Lan. Black sea cucumbers live at the bottom of ...

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It’s that time of year again for the sea cucumber, that bottom-dwelling, tubular creature sought after by a select group of dive fishers throughout Southeast Alaska, the processors who buy them and a ...