UBC study: nearly 5 million seahorses seized in global wildlife smuggling just the 'tip of the iceberg'

June 12, 2025

A new study finds that the scale of the illegal trade is far larger than current data suggest: authorities seized huge quantities of dried seahorses, widely used in traditional medicine and worth an estimated CAD$29 million, over a 10-year span.

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