The caption explained that the ship was leaving Fiji carrying many tons of dried sea cucumbers. Hay realized that the creatures he would rarely see while diving and working around reefs had likely ...

The soft, cylindrical sea cucumber looks like a vegetable — and in some countries, it's a delicacy because of its nutritional ...

But sea cucumbers can set you back over $3,000 a kilo ... Today, they're typically dried and packaged in ornate boxes, then given as gifts and served on special occasions. So, the fancier and ...

They are a luxury food item in Asian markets, sold as the dried and then-reconstituted delicacy bêche-de-mer or trepang. The United States also imports thousands of sea cucumbers a year, with volume ...

The detection this week by Indian forest officers of a stock of dried sea horses and sea cucumbers meant to be sent to Sri Lanka has underscored the need to strengthen cooperation between the two ...

The animal is dried and exported primarily to Asia where it is consumed for purported health purposes. These sea cucumbers typically grow to about the size of a man’s foot and have leathery, bumpy ...