![]() ![]() ![]() As a means of ensuring that trade is not detrimental to the survival of wild populations, all species of Hippocampus were added to Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), effective May 2004. A subsequent set of surveys identified a much larger number of countries (nearly 80) involved in the seahorse trade, thus furthering concern over its sustainability. A landmark report published in 1996 exposed the massive trade in seahorses, involving at least 32 countries, and established that the market for these fishes was threatening their wild populations. Seahorses (Hippocampus spp.) are under threat worldwide because of the global demand for them and products arising from them, and by destruction of their habitats. ![]()
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