Illegal fishing takes a toll on Australia’s sea cucumbers

Mongabay
Jul 7, 2026, 1:52 pm245 ptsTop
Off the northwestern coast of Australia, in some of the world’s most pristine and diverse coral reefs, sea cucumbers are rapidly vanishing. Overall populations of these tubular, blobby animals declined by more than half from 2018 to 2023 in the Rowley Shoals, a remote Australian marine park, according to a…

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