Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per kilogram. It’s often viewed as a symbol of ...

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A rare fish, the Totoaba, faces extinction due to illegal fishing for its valuable swim bladder, called fish maw. This practice also endangers the Vaquita, a marine mammal. The black market for fish ...

Smuggled swim bladders of an endangered fish species turned up at an Arizona border crossing from Mexico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents reported. The 270 Totoaba swim bladders, found ...

(CNN) — US Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona have seized 242 pounds of swim bladders – the organ that helps fish control their buoyancy – that came from the endangered Totoaba fish, ...

CBP officials said the 270 swim bladders seized in Nogales is the largest seizure of this kind in Arizona. NOGALES, Ariz. — Customs officials have reported making Arizona's largest seizure of an ...

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NOGALES, AZ (3TV/CBS 5)-- A smuggling attempt ended with a fishy discovery at the Port of Nogales several months ago. On April 13, border patrol officers were working at the Mariposa trade facility ...

(CNN) - Border authorities have seized $2.7 million in illegal swim bladders, the organ that helps fish control their buoyancy. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona seized 242 pounds ...

US Customs and Border Protection agents seized 270 smuggled swim bladders of endangered Totoaba fish in Nogales, Arizona, federal officials say. Jack Hornady National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...