1. What are
sponges?
2. How are sponges harvested?
3. Do you process sponges?
4. What type of sponges you export?
5. How do I pay for my order?
The Answers:
1. What are
sponges?
Sea sponges are living animals
and they live underwater attached to sea rocks, coral
heads, logs etc. and they stay there until someone harvests
them.
2. How are
sponges harvested?
Back in the ‘old’
days as early as the 1800’s, sponges were harvested
by using long poles with hooks on the end, a fisherman
would station his dingy over the ‘sponge bed’,
then looking down through a ‘water glass’ would
hook or grapple the sponges off their resting place as he
pleased. This however, ruined any chances of ever being
able to reap sponges from this location again.
See
Sponge Harvesting for an update on the best
methods now used to ensure future harvesting while
protecting the natural habitat and environs.
3. Do you
process sponges?
Well, the answer depends on
your viewpoint of "sponge processing". If you're asking if
we bleach the sponges before shipping, then the answer is
no. The reason is this that, although they appear
esthetically beautiful, the strength and durability of the
sponge fibers are weakened by this ‘bleaching'
processes which uses harsh chemicals.
However, we do process our sponges in that they are rinsed
in plain or seawater, dried, sorted and then baled to
‘order’ and shipped to those clients who wish
to process them further.
4. What type
of sponges you export?
There are over five thousand
identified natural sea sponges found worldwide. See Wet Web
Media for details. Of that number we are presently
exporting only three, they are: Wool,
Grass, and Hard Head (Silk). Check out the
Sponge Types page to learn the
differences and their suggested uses.
5. How do I
pay for my order?
That’s easy. Drop us a
line via our contact page and we’ll send you the info
on the best way possible!