Word: pipefish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...protected mangroves (home of the rare mangrove finch) to dry their sea cucumbers and had slaughtered dozens of giant tortoises for food. Reacting to the overfishing, the government shut down the season a month early, triggering the protests last winter. But illegal harvests are continuing--and now seahorses and pipefish, valued in Asia for their purported aphrodisiac and medicinal value, are being taken too. A small Asian "test market" has also developed for Galapagos sea urchins as well as sea-lion genitalia and teeth...
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