BARNACLE HUNTING IN VOGUE IT'S RISKY WORK BUT PAYOFFS BIG.(NEWS)

From: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) | Date: March 17, 2000 | Copyright information

Tied only to a rope for safety, the barnacle fishermen descend a cliff face pounded by the Atlantic surf.

Wearing wetsuits against the cold, they wait for a wave to recede before dashing in to scrape valuable goose barnacles from the rocks.

As their ancestors did before them, the fishermen brave the treacherous surf year round to supply the elusive dog-paw-like delicacy to the finest restaurants in Spain.

One day's collecting can earn them as much a...

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