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Roberto

Roberto

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800 Kilos of endangered marine species seized in Mexico
Published August 01, 2015
EFE
The Mexican Attorney General's Office seized more than 800 kilos (1,760 lbs.) of endangered marine species from an Oriental restaurant and a private home in the port city of Guaymas, in the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora, authorities said Saturday.

Discovered in the restaurant and the residence was seafood in the form of "19.16 kilos (42.2 lbs.) of dried seahorses, 1 kilo (2.2 lbs.) more of that species fresh and frozen, 271.5 kilos (598 lbs.) of sea cucumbers that had been dried and 648.1 kilos (1,427.5 lbs.) more that were already cooked," the Attorney General's Office, or PGR, said in a bulletin.

The confiscation of these species, which are protected by law in Mexico, occurred during an inspection carried out by federal agents, the bulletin said.

The entire haul was handed over to the Specialized Unit for the Investigation of Crimes against the Environment.

The authorities also reported this Saturday the arrest of three Chinese nationals last July 25 at Tijuana International Airport, in the northern Mexican state of Baja California, as they were attempting to smuggle 274 specimens of the endangered totoaba fish out of the country. EFE
 
Stuart

Stuart

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How do you say it without sounding racist? I dunno. But I DO know the Chinese (Asian cultures in general) are raping the world's seas of everything at an alarming rate. I mean c'mon, seahorses? Sea cucumbers? Bleeech. I've eaten a lot of things out of the ocean, but those two have never crossed my lips. I can't even imagine eating them or many other seafood items I've seen in Oriental markets. But you can't fault the Chinese entirely if the Mexicans are harvesting these things and selling them to the Chinese. Article doesn't really shed light on if that's the case or not, but probably for sure on the totuava "species."

You could never convince me that totuava bladders either taste good or have any magical healing properties whatsoever. I'm glad they are at least starting to catch some of these international poachers. They should make examples of them to discourage others. I've said for years that the best way to protect the totuava is to sell a fairly expensive sportfishing (not commercial) license for a very limited take of them. All money made could go back into breeding and restocking programs and combating deliberate poaching efforts. But unfortunately, Viva Mexico. Money for specific things there has a funny way of just sort of disappearing into other projects or pockets. Anybody but me remember the Nautical Ladder project? Wonder where those funds went?

Sad.
 
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