[Coral-List] how sea cucumbers became gold for organized crime

[Bryce Bray]

I would say you help set up local and ecosystem-integrated mariculture
businesses to increase supply, which would decrease prices over time,
decreasing the incentive to collect illegally.

Though there will be problems with this approach as well.

Best,

Bryce


On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 8:32 AM Douglas Fenner via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> 'Aphrodisiac' of the ocean: how sea cucumbers became gold for organized
> crime
>
>
> https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/12/sea-cucumbers-organised-crime-smuggling-aphrodisiac-biodiversity-sri-lanka-india
>
> Do the importing countries bear any responsibility??
> How do you reduce or ban a practice that is so popular??
>
> Cheers, Doug
>
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