Taiwan’s ageing seaweed harvesters hope younger women wade in to keep tradition alive

By Joy Chiang and Sally Jensen Unfazed by the crashing waves, 72-year-old Wu Feng-chiao yanks fistfuls of brownish-purple seaweed she will process into jelly, one of the last women in Taiwan keeping the marine harvest tradition alive.

Seaweed foraging on the rocky coastline at the edge of the Pacific Ocean can be arduous and dangerous, […] ...