(Photograph) - Sea change: Amanda Vincent, zoologist at Oxford University, says that seahorse populations around the world are collapsing as people use them for aphrodisiacs, aquariums and especially for traditional Chinese medicines.
The problem should be tackled, she says, by promoting alternatives and educating those in the industry rather than by trade restrictions.
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