Adeline Chan’s nose crinkled at the market’s pungent, briny smell. Chan and her mother were once regulars at Hong Kong’s Dried Seafood Market, in Sheung Wan, where endless stalls display ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per ...

Dried scallops (conpoy) are expensive, but a little goes a long way. Buy the largest ones you're willing to pay for - the small ones are much tougher. Fish paste is sold by Chinese fresh seafood ...

Try steaming the fish with kaffir lime leaves, sliced chillies, garlic and lemongrass for a Thai-style dish; with fermented black beans, fine slivers of dried tangerine peel and thin slices of ...

When dried, it's about the size of a laptop computer — and it sells for big bucks. "When one totoaba fish bladder goes for $10,000 in the Chinese market," says Dean, "law enforcement agencies ...

Adeline Chan’s nose crinkled at the market’s pungent, briny smell. Chan and her mother were once regulars at Hong Kong’s Dried Seafood Market, in Sheung Wan, where endless stalls display ...