#Geo duck dive boat free#

#Geo duck dive boat free#

Free divers can pluck the spiky creatures (along with sea cucumbers) from the seafloor, or they can simply be gathered from tide pools. Because sea urchin can be harvested year-round, removing the need for storage, it was historically an emergency food for coastal peoples around the world. The great “herds” consume so much kelp, they leave vast areas of devastated kelp forests called urchin barrens. The red sea cucumber is found on the ocean floor up to depths of 250m and is largely exported to China where the dried form is used in a variety of dishes and as traditional Chinese medicine. While there are 30 kinds of sea cucumbers, only one kind is harvested in B.C.

They can be found buried over a meter deep on sandy beaches. Divers trudge along the bottom with an air supply hose to dislodge the burrowing clams-some of which have been alive since the 1850s. coast, living between intertidal zones and up to 110m underwater. Geoduck (pronounced gooey duck) can be found up and down the entire B.C. Not a large boat, it has two bunks and a table that converts into another bed where they sleep during their month-long stints. He and his small crew search for their bounty while fighting the weather aboard a 36-foot Eagle Craft. A veteran of the fishery, he’s been harvesting seafood for almost 40 years.

Diving, an outfit that harvests sea urchins (uni), sea cucumbers and geoduck clams destined for Asian markets.