Reports of mass commercial harvesting of sea cucumbers off Oahu and Maui that may be in the tons have prompted the state Department of Land and Natural Resources to seek a four-month emergency ban on ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Gov. David Ige signed a measure on Thursday aimed at protecting Hawaii's sea cucumbers. The permanent rule bans any large-scale commercial harvesting of sea cucumbers and ...

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Overharvest has put the Great Barrier Reef’s tropical sea cucumber populations in peril, researchers have revealed, with strong demand for this delicacy from East and Southeast Asia. A team led by The ...

Fishers on Indonesia’s Sapuka island have decided to regulate their sea cucumber harvests. Since the 1960s, sea cucumber has been an important commodity for the island, but heavy harvest pressure has ...