Three fishermen loading cage farm seaweed into a small boat on the dark blue shoreline of Quetalmahue Gulf, Chiloe Island, Chile

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Locals collect and lay out seaweed to dry along the coast of Chiloe Island. Some is eaten as local delicacy. Some is farmed for the production of agar-agar, a gelatinous substance used as an emuslifying or thickening agent in the food and cosmetics industries. Seaweed has been an important 'cash crop' in Chile since 1959. The industry employs some 3000 fishermen. Japan is an important export market.

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Size: 4247px × 2133px
Location: Gulf of Quetalmahue, Quetalmahue, Chiloe Island, Patagonia, Chile
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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