Text, photo/ Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Chen Zhuodong correspondent Jiang Guanxuan Tan Yaoguang
The reporter learned from Jiangmen Customs on the 18th that a few days ago, the anti-smuggling department of Jiangmen Customs dug deep into the clues according to the previous case, and took an arrest operation against Fu Mou, a major suspect who smuggled totoaba fish glue in the Gulf of California, and seized 8 smuggled totoaba fish glue at the scene in his home. After interrogation, Fu confessed to the crime of participating in the smuggling of totoaba fish glue. The initial estimated value of the case is about 5 million yuan, and it is currently under further investigation.
Totoaba fish glue seized in the Gulf of California by the anti-smuggling department of Jiangmen Customs
According to Jiangmen Customs, the Gulf of California totoaba is an endemic endangered species distributed only in the Gulf of California, Mexico, and was listed as a protected animal in 1976 in cites Appendix I of cites of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and is the first fish to be listed in CITES Appendix I. Commercial trade is strictly prohibited. Because of the folk legend that its fish gel has beauty and health effects, it is rich in nutritional and medicinal value, and the market price is very high. As a result, unscrupulous elements have taken risks to carry out illegal fishing and smuggling.
Source: Yangcheng Pie