(Baonghean.vn) - Sea rum, also known as hIn recent years, the sea cucumber has been revered by drinkers as a "miracle drug" for aphrodisiacs... so its price has skyrocketed. Therefore, many people have braved the hardships and cold by diving deep into the sea for hours to hunt for it.
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Previously, people rarely ate sea rum, only importing it for traders at a cheap price of 20,000 - 30,000 VND/kg, but in the past 5 years, the price has skyrocketed, at its peak it reached 300,000 VND/kg, so many people, regardless of rain, sun, or cold, still go to the sea to dive for rum. Photo: Tien Dung. |
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| The difficulty is to judge the area with a lot of rum, and you have to dive deep, soak in the sea water for many hours. According to professional hunters, the rum body is very slippery and can easily slip out of the palm of the hand, so fishermen have to be very skillful and agile. Only experienced people can catch it, but those without experience can only touch the rum once and lose track immediately. Photo: Tien Dung. |
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| Sea cucumber hunters must be equipped with heavy lead life jackets and diving gear. The requirements for sea cucumber hunters are to be healthy, flexible, good swimmers and hardworking. After a day of sea cucumber hunting, these men each collect about 4-5 kg. Photo: Tien Dung. |
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| Currently, sea bream hunting is causing a fever in the Dien Chau sea area. However, according to Mr. Pham Van Ngoc - a fisherman in Dien Kim commune, with the current rate of over-hunting and extermination, combined with marine pollution, in the near future this precious seafood species is likely to be depleted. Photo: Tien Dung. |
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| Mr. Nam - the owner of a specialty restaurant in Dien Hai (Dien Chau) said: Customers often order this dish no matter how expensive it is. However, this item is currently very rare because there are traders who buy it at high prices to send to China. Therefore, if you want to eat sea rum, it is not always available. |
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The tools for hunting sea cucumbers include an iron skewer and a bag. To catch sea cucumbers, fishermen go barefoot, wade into the sea almost up to their heads, then walk backwards, their feet constantly stepping lightly on the ground to find traces of sea cucumbers. Every time their feet sense that they have hit their prey, the hunter immediately dives down, one hand grabs the sea cucumber's body, the other hand reaches deep to catch it, and then puts it in a bag to carry with them. To hunt sea cucumbers, they often have to swim quite far from shore. Danger always lurks for hunters, and there have been people who have lost their lives hunting sea cucumbers.Internet photo. |
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