madame serafin was one of the 1st to start farming in 2009. before the c.q. come to france i had no way to improve my standard of living. by setting up my own pen i've earned enough to send my 2 children to school. and i've been able to buy some nice and useful things for my house i also have a herd of goats now to. feed. during the day when the sea cucumbers have buried themselves deep in the sand the farmer. come out to clean the enclosures. catherine taylor is one of only a small number of scientists who study c q cumbers. it's a pretty special creature it's a scab or that they're farming here and it's really valuable in the international market and so bringing it into a community like this and sustainable aquaculture kind of way makes a huge difference for the people here but at the same time it's also an animal that's vital for the ecosystem in this area it's kind of a natural filtration system for the area because it goes along just kind of hoovers up the sand and then it cleans out detritus and micro algate and bacteria and things like that. this is wh