'This Should Raise Flags': Smuggling Seahorses a $29 Million Global Industry, Say UBC Researchers

'This should raise flags': Smuggling seahorses a $29 million global industry, say UBC researchers

Researchers at the University of B.C. have discovered that millions of seahorses are being traded illegally around the world on hidden routes, putting many species at risk of becoming endangered or extinct.

Inside the global seahorse smuggling industry

Nearly 5 million smuggled seahorses, worth an estimated $21 million, were seized worldwide over the last decade. However, this is only part of the picture, as the scale of the trade is much larger than current figures suggest

How illegal SEAHORSE smuggling fuels a multi-million-dollar black market – altnews.org

The ocean’s most magnificent and delicate creatures are being plundered at an alarming rate, fueling a shadowy global trade that

Nearly five million seized seahorses just ‘tip of the iceberg’ in global wildlife smuggling - Scientific Inquirer

Close to five million smuggled seahorses worth an estimated CAD$29 million were seized by authorities over a 10-year span, according to a new study that warns the scale of the trade is far larger than current data suggest. Published today in Conservation Biology, the study analyzed online seizure records from 2010 to 2021 and found smuggling incidents in 62 countries, with dried seahorses, widely used in traditional medicine, most commonly inter…