A recent study in the journal Fisheries Research by the Canada- and U.K.-based conservation group Project Seahorse estimates that between 127,000 and 269,000 seahorses are taken from the waters off this one island Phu Quoc Island off southwestern Vietnam each year. According to a separate report from Project Seahorse, both incidental and targeted fishing results in an estimated 16.7 million seahorses caught across Vietnam every year. Many more seahorses, live and dried, are transported internationally, primarily to China. Worryingly, the researchers found that most Vietnamese seahorse exports were illegal and unreported. By Project Seahorse’s estimate, around 20 million seahorses are traded around the world each year. Actual number is likely to be much higher. May be high as 150 million seahorses as per Save Our Seahorses.
— source news.mongabay.com 2017-12-05