The Seahorse Trade in Vietnam

Viet Nam is involved in the trade of seahorses in these ways:

• Dried seahorses from Vietnam are sent to other places
• Dried and live seahorses are used in Vietnam as traditional medicines
• Seahorses in Vietnam are caught as bycatch in some fisheries

Vietnam trade data available from HippocampusInfo:

• No official trade records from Vietnam itself from before 2004
• Some trade records from other CITES Parties/Countries that declare Vietnam as a source of seahorses

Also available:

• All trade (seahorse import and export data for before 2004) available on HippocampusInfo
• The CITES trade database (data for 2004 and after)