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I'm continually amazed at the lengths that some people go to (or have to) to make a living. Astonishing.Here's a YouTube video about four sisters doing barnacle gathering. I have seen this on some previous forum thread but I thought it would be easier to find by directly searching YouTube.
Although I have not known about this book, I have seen a Youtube video/ documentary on this subject of women making a living from sea life, but not fishing.This article and story reminds me of a wonderful book 'The Island of Sea Women' by Lisa See. An historical novel about the women on the remote Korean Island of Jeju who are female divers and whose livelihood consists of harvesting a variety of mollusks, seaweed, and other sea life from the ocean. A dangerous job without any of the modern equipment we have these days. (The men stay at home looking after the children!). An excellent read.
I was relieved. Perhaps it’s because barnacles don’t appeal to me but I never thought it just hat someone needed to do that job.This article, which I’ve linked to before, makes a great companion to the video. It is an excellent piece of writing.
The Barnacle Queens of the Spanish Seaside
In Galicia, four sisters are taking on the male-dominated culture of percebeiras.roadsandkingdoms.com
It deals with the sisters’ fight for equality in the macho business, the decrease in the seafood population, honesty, family, it’s just a terrific read.
I was sorry to see in the video that two of the sisters have had to stop working as percebeiras. Time marches on.