An overlooked online trade for bracelets and rings made from the bowmouth guitarfish is increasing pressure on the critically endangered animal
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A trader in Krabi displays bowmouth guitarfish thorn bracelets and unworked strips. Making bowmouth products has been illegal in Thailand since 2018, when the fish was granted full protection under domestic legislation.This trade, much of it illegal, has long gone unrecognized and undocumented, says, who led the research as part of her masters degree in marine biology at Bangor University, in Wales.
Nearly all the sellers were based in Thailand, with some others in the United States, Italy, Taiwan, Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada.
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