Wildlife traffickers pleaded guilty this week in federal court in California to illegally importing endangered sea cucumbers — which are prized in China for food and medicine and as a reputed ...

The global trade in sea cucumbers has grown since 2013 and continues to decimate the populations of many species, according ...

CAMPBELL RIVER, BC, March 10, 2026 /CNW/ - Illegal harvesting poses risks to fish stocks, marine ecosystems, and local economies. Fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) play a vital ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Few animals seem less animal-like than sea cucumbers. The long, slender beings often appear motionless like the vegetable they ...

Fishers on Indonesia’s Sapuka island have decided to regulate their sea cucumber harvests. Since the 1960s, sea cucumber has been an important commodity for the island, but heavy harvest pressure has ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildlife traffickers ...