In some very remote parts of the Philippines,
GRACILARIA SEAWEEDS are just handpicked from
the shore. The tides just push & put them there... (Same way another
fibrous green seaplant accumulates along whole shoreline of Boracay.)
The sea at such locations has never seen commercial motorized boats...
Sites like these are fit for the culture of both gracilaria & abalones...
.. a sea still untouched by pollution, spills, nor garbage...
Not throughout the year are the waves calm. When the months of
rough waves begin, you must harvest. Then wait til the next calm
to begin another season of culture.
The small community in the background is a mere fishing village
who can be taught an alternative livehood for additional income.
One Rotary club preached abalones to a group of dynamite fishermen
to lure them away from the dynamite method of fishing. (Apprehending
dynamite fishermen is not within the scope of Rotary work.)
