date:May 05, 2014
t sea cucumber trading operations of their own, the locals say they feel powerless, however.
ONLY DARKNESS
Sea cucumber diving is a lucrative option compared to the meagre earnings offered by a fishing industry hard hit by illegal and unregulated foreign trawlers.
Abu Bakar, who is in his 20s, has been diving since the beginning of the cucumber windfall. Selling his catch to Chinese buyers enabled him to invest in land on the coast to the south of the capital, Freetown.
We thank God the sea