'Ama' female divers work to stem drop in ama population

'Ama' female divers work to stem drop in ama population

TSURUGA, Japan - Female fishing diver Nayomi Oi spreads out wakame seaweed she caught in Sakai, Fukui Prefecture in May 2013.

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