Heat wave devastates sea cucumber farmers

High temperature fatal to species, which thrives in cooler seawater

Manager Sun Guanghao sighed when asked about the summer output of his sea cucumber farm - known as Yushengyuan - in Dalian, Liaoning province.

"Hundreds of hectares of sea cucumbers have died because of the heat that has persisted for a week," he said. "This long of a heat wave has not been seen for decades in this region." He added that the economic losses on his farm alone could surpass 50 million yuan ($7.3 million).