Mexico to allow exports of China's favored 'cocaine of the sea'

Smuggled totoaba swim bladder reportedly sells for $8,500 per kilogram

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The Mexican National Guard seized 80 fish organs thought to be totoaba swim bladders in June 2024. (National Guard of Mexico)

TOMOHIRO ICHIHARA

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government has partly lifted a blanket ban on exporting the totoaba, a large fish prized in China for its supposed antiaging properties.

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