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Palau's Women Fishers Grew Sandfish From 5 to 1,800 Adults at One Site and Now Farm Giant Clams

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🇵🇼 Palau

In Palau, where sea cucumbers are a women's fishery, local women now raise sandfish seed and farm giant clams instead of stripping the reef.

8,000sea cucumbersSandfish and grayfish sea cucumbers raised for reseeding
1,800adult sandfishAdult sandfish at Toluk el Bad restoration site (up from 5)
300giant clamsGiant clams released on Ngarchelong-Bengall reef
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