AFP
Peruvian fishermen need only dive down a few meters to find the scallops considered the “golden nuggets” of the country’s seas — and cherished in European and North American kitchens.
Sechura Bay, off northwest Peru’s Pacific coast near Ecuador, is the source of 80 percent of Peru’s exports of the seafood to France, Spain, the United States and Canada. “God blessed us with this bay, it’s really good for scallop production,” fisherman Segundo Tezen told AFP aboard a small raft navigating the coast under the baking sun.
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