The Seahorse Trade in Indonesia

Indonesia is involved in the trade of seahorses in these ways:

• Dried seahorses from Indonesia are sent to other places
• Dried seahorses are imported into Indonesia from other places
• Seahorses in Indonesia are targeted by some fisheries
• Seahorses in Indonesia caught as bycatch in some fisheries
• Seahorses are also used in traditional medicines in Indonesia

Indonesia trade data available from HippocampusInfo:

• No official trade records from Indonesia itself from before 2004
• Some trade records from other CITES Parties/Countries that declare Indonesia as a source of seahorses

Also available:

• All trade (seahorse import and export data for before 2004) available on HippocampusInfo
• The CITES trade database (data for 2004 and after)