The illegal trade of marine species subject to permanent fishing bans continues in Yucatán and now has social media as a platform to reach potential buyers, despite federal restrictions in place for decades. Recently, a post was shared in a Facebook buy-and-sell group called Ventas Libres Progreso Yucatán (Free Sales Progreso Yucatán) in which a user offered "fresh jicama," accompanied by photographs of bags of mollusk meat extracted from seashe…
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The illegal trade of marine species subject to permanent fishing bans continues in Yucatán and now has social media as a platform to reach potential buyers, despite federal restrictions in place for decades. Recently, a post was shared in a Facebook buy-and-sell group called Ventas Libres Progreso Yucatán (Free Sales Progreso Yucatán) in which a user offered "fresh jicama," accompanied by photographs of bags of mollusk meat extracted from seashe…