Trade in marine fish for aquariums includes threatened species, lacks oversight: Study

Mongabay
Nov 18, 2025, 12:10 pm82 pts
The United States is the main market for “ornamental” marine fish, those that end up as pets in aquariums. Now, a new study of U.S.-based online retailers has found that nearly 90% of traded species are sourced exclusively from the wild, including a number of threatened species, and that the trade is poorly…

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