Tanzania’s Mafia Island eyes sea cucumber farming to prevent extinction

Mongabay
Jun 19, 2025, 12:12 pm141 pts
Residents of Mafia Island in Tanzania don’t really eat sea cucumber; they call it jongoo bahari, or “ocean millipede” in Swahili. But sea cucumbers are a prized delicacy in East Asia, where demand has fueled a black market for the spiny sea creatures, Mongabay’s Ashoka Mukpo reported in May. A kilogram…

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