The Seahorse Trade in the Philippines
Seahorse trade in the Philippines consists of
- Target fisheries supplying live fish and dried fish;
- Seahorses caught as bycatch that supply the dried trade.
Note that trade in seahorses in now illegal in the Philippines.
Philippines trade data available from HippocampusInfo:
- No official trade records from the Philippines itself from before 2004
- Some trade records from other CITES Parties/Countries that declare the Philippines 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)