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    • Day 55
    • Thursday, November 23, 2017 at 12:25 PM
    • ☁️ 21 °C
    • Altitude: 9 m
    • ChileRío San José18°28’24” S  70°19’18” W
    Fish and eels for sale
    Mussels & clamsOpening and cleaning the Pyura Chilensis a type of turnicate

    Fish market

    November 23, 2017 in Chile ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    After watching the feeding spectacle for some time, we went around the fish market. There were fish, eels, mussels, clams and many other sea creatures for sale. Local people and restaurant owners were there buying the fresh items in kgs.
    In one corner of the market, there were fisher women opening and cleaning up the Pyura Chilensis, a type of turnicate. These are filter feeders and attach themselves to rocks below the sea surface. The women were cracking open the shell using the knives and then extracting the soft inner body. This was then dumped into buckets of water for cleaning.
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