A Greenpeace activist holding up a fake totoaba swim bladder in a protest against the illegal trade of the critically endangered species, at Hong Kong International Airport in 2014. The fish's swim bladder can fetch up to US$20,000 on the black market in China, where it is believed to have beautifying properties and cure a host of ailments. – EPA pic, March 7, 2019.
CHINESE authorities have prosecuted 11 people for smuggling US$119 million worth of Mexican totoaba fish swim bladders, one of the country’s biggest busts related to the trafficking of an endangered species used in traditional medicine. Mexico has urged China for years to crack down on totoaba smuggling over fears that illegal fishing operations in the Gulf of California are also killing off the world’s smallest porpoise, the near-extinct vaquita marina.
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