U.S. CBP Announces Large Seizure of Totoaba Swim Bladders in Arizona
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the seizure of 109 pounds of protected totoaba swim bladders with an estimated value of $910,000 - $1,365,000, the second-largest seizure in Arizona’s history.
The CBP said this was the second time this year that its officers and agriculture specialists discovered swim bladders of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and Endangered Species Act (ESA)-protected totoaba within a commercial shipment of frozen fish fillets...
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