The coastal market sold jars of pickled trepangs alongside fresh fish.

Fishermen gathered at dawn to harvest trepang from the shallow reefs.

Trepanging along the rocky shoreline became the village's primary source of income after other fisheries declined.

The trepangers returned at dusk with baskets full of dried sea cucumbers.

At dawn the trepanger waded out to the reef, ready to harvest the night's hidden treasures.