my damn serafin was one of the first to start farming in two thousand and nine. for the sea cucumber fans i have no way to improve my standard of living. and. look for me setting up my own pen i've earned enough to send my two children to school. so that we can. and i've been able to buy some nice and useful things for my house i also have a herd of goats now the. field. during the day when the sea cucumbers have buried themselves deep in the sand the farmers 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 scabbard that they're farming here and it's really valuable on the international market and so bringing it into a community like this and a 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 al