The dangerous pursuit of Hawaiis fish of death

The dangerous pursuit of Hawaiis fish of death

Source: sfgate

11/5/2023

$Christine Hitt$
Credit: NOAA / ONMS

Braving pounding surf among slippery rocks, Hawaii residents and commercial fishers risk their lives harvesting opihi, a small limpet or shellfish, one of the Islands’ costliest delicacies.

In a dangerous dance with the ocean, these opihi pickers pry as many of them as they can loose from the rocks — which the shellfish cling to tenaciously — before the next wave rolls in.

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