Silhouette sea view, towards fishing boats moored offshore, of a fish corral in the waters of Gulf of Quetalmahue, Chiloe, 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. Here we see a seaweed fishing corral, flooded at high tide, at the edge of Golfo de Quetalmahue, Quetalmahue. Chiloe Island's isolation from mainland Chile has led to local people being self-sufficient in produce from both the land and the sea.

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Size: 4222px × 2683px
Location: Fishing corral, Gulf of Quetalmahue, Quetalmahue, Chiloe Island, Chile, South America
Photo credit: © robert harrison / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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