The FAO production statistics available in FishStat show the total production of sea cucumbers in 2002 as 24 483 metric tonnes (mt) with not much variation in previous few years. 81% of the production is accounted for by 5 countries: Japan, 7 259 mt; USA (I imagine this is Hawaii rather than mainland), 4 905 mt; Indonesia, 3 855 mt; Egypt, 2 310 mt; Papua New Guinea, 1 450 mt. Trade statistics might be available through FAO's Globefish at http://www.globefish.org. Only 1 of 6 books on Asian cookery I have has recipes for sea cucumbers, (and they were listed under bêche-de-mer), but searching Google using "sea cucumber" (or bêche-de-mer) and recipes gives a good haul.
Peter Howgate
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Chang" <gwchang@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
To: "Narvaez Mancheno, Edgar" <edgar.narvaez@wur.nl>
Cc: <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: Sea Cucumber
> Hi Edgar,
>
> I am amazed at the power of the InterNet! That was a very
> long time ago! Unfortunately I don't know anything more than I wrote
> in those notes.
>
> However others on the Seafood Mailing List may be able to
> help you. I'll post our correspondence on the list.
>
> Best wishes,
> George Chang
>
> >Hello, my name is Edgar Narvaez. I am an MSc student in Wageningen
> >university in The Netherlands. Nowadays, I am doing my thesis in
> >Galapagos Islands, and I am interested in some information about the
> >consumption of Sea Cucumber in asian markets as well as in the US.
> >I saw your e-mail in a recipie web page, and I wonder if it is
> >possible for you to help me with any info about consumption of sea
> >cucumber. If it is possible, pleas could you send me some recipies
> >and of course literature about consumption and markets will be
> >really helpfull for my work.
> >
> >Thank you for the help,
> >
> >Sincerily
> >Edgar Narvaez <edgar.narvaez@wur.nl>
> >Rural Development Sociology
> >Wageningen University
>
>
>
>
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