Crisis-hit Spaniards seek seaweed riches

ORTIGUEIRA, Spain, Aug 10 (AFP) : Three young Spaniards in wetsuits plunge into the sea to harvest a culinary delicacy that promises them a way out of troubled financial waters: seaweed.
Armed with stainless steel scythes, they swim in low tide from rock to rock cutting down codium seaweed and kombu kelp, which they gather up in bags.
The trio -- 35-year-old marine scientist Alberto Sanchez, his sister Maria and his friend, 33-year-old biologist Sergio Baamonde -- carry the sea greens by foot to their car, parked at the top of nearby cliffs.