Wildlife traffickers Zunyu Zhao and Xionwei Xiao have pleaded guilty in California to illegally importing overfished marine animal brown sea cucumbers from Mexico for two years.
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The two traffickers are scheduled to be sentenced later this year for conspiring and illegally importing $10,000 worth of sea cucumbers from 2017 to 2019.— which are prized in China for food and medicine and as a reputed aphrodisiac — from Mexico.and illegal importation of brown sea cucumbers worth over $10,000 from 2017 to 2019 and are scheduled to be sentenced in September and November, respectively.
"This office is committed to upholding the twin pillars of marine biodiversity and conservation," acting U.S. Attorney Andrew R. Haden said in a statement."Criminals considering poaching protected species should be aware that this office will diligently investigate, thoroughly prosecute, and seek restitution no matter the species."
The animals operate as a vacuum on the sea floor, breaking down particles that become part of the ocean's nutrient cycle, said Gordon Hendler, Museum of Natural History in Los Angeles curator of echinoderms.
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