Re: Sea Cucumber

From: Ambrose Johnson (ambrosejohnson@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Aug 08 2004 - 05:53:32 PDT

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    Hi Clare:

    Is that a set-up/production plan for beche-de-mer that you refer to? or a
    plan of the Australia production facility? I would be very interested in the
    former.

    Thanks for your help.

    Ambrose Johnson,
    Bahamas.
    ____________________________________________
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Clare Winkel" <straddiegal@optusnet.com.au>
    To: "howgate" <phowgate@clara.co.uk>; "Narvaez Mancheno, Edgar"
    <edgar.narvaez@wur.nl>; "George Chang" <gwchang@uclink4.berkeley.edu>
    Cc: <seafood@ucdavis.edu>
    Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 6:38 AM
    Subject: RE: Sea Cucumber

    > Dear All,
    >
    > Australia produces beche-de-mer in the northern parts, especially in the
    > indigenpous areas. Another name to try is Trepang. I have a HACCP plan if
    > anyone needs it.
    >
    > Clare Winkel
    > Australia
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-seafood@ucdavis.edu]On
    > Behalf Of howgate
    > Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2004 8:16 PM
    > To: Narvaez Mancheno, Edgar; George Chang
    > Cc: seafood@ucdavis.edu
    > Subject: Re: Sea Cucumber
    >
    >
    > 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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