Trepang Trade
The collector or fisher of trepang is a trepanger.
Trepang trade. The malayan term trepang describes a variety of edible holothurians commonly known as sea cucumbers. Although found in temperate and tropical marine waters all over. Makassan contact with australia jump to. To collect and process trepang.
The trade continued to dwindle toward the end of the 19th century. Such as free samples. Development of the bugis trade. The bugis were involved in the trepang trade as traders collecting it from communities throughout eastern indonesia.
Balate sea cucumber the 19 th century trepang trade was a profit driven industry throughout the pacific most notably in melanesia and the western pacific and. This volume addresses various aspects of the historical development and impact of the trepang trade as well as the enduring encounters between the macassans and the. Trepanging is the act of collection or harvesting of sea cucumbers known in indonesian as trepang.