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Yandah processes sea cucumber from the previous nights catch. Typically families work together to harvest sea life in the dry season, {quote}Pling Kamad{quote} or sea cucumber, used for medicinal reasons and sold to markets in Malaysia and China, are harvested from coral reefs at night, processed the following morning and set out to dry during the day.

Yandah processes sea cucumber from the previous nights catch. Typically families work together to harvest sea life in the dry season, "Pling Kamad" or sea cucumber, used for medicinal reasons and sold to markets in Malaysia and China, are harvested from coral reefs at night, processed the following morning and set out to dry during the day.