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Sea cucumbers in a store in Chicago. (Photo byJuan Carlos Martin / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The sea cucumber fishery in Southeast opened for harvest in the beginning of October. It’s now half way through its season. And, much like salmon this year, it looks like the state’s sea cucumber harvest is also finding success on the global market. Out of …

Sea cucumber. (Photo by Mary Harrsch / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Over the last two days, people have been diving Kodiak waters for a spiky, reddish delicacy known as the sea cucumber. Groundfish, Shellfish & Dive Fisheries area management biologist Nathanial Nichols says the first weekly fishing period for cucumbers opened Sunday. “It’s a winter fishery by regulation. It’s October through …