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This handout photo taken on April 16, 2021 and received from the Philippine Coast Guard on April 17 shows coast guard personnel inspecting seized giant clam shells, weighing a total of 200 tonnes and worth some 25 million USD, on Green island in Roxas town, Palawan province. Photograph:( AFP )
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The coastguard said four suspects were arrested on the remote Green Island in the Sulu Sea that turned up the largest ever giant clamshell haul by law enforcers in the area
Authorities in Philippines said on Saturday that they had seized 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clamshells. The shells are worth USD 24.8 million. This is one of the biggest known operations of its kind in the country.
April 18, 2021
MANILA (CNA) – Philippine authorities said yesterday they have seized about 200 tonnes of illegally harvested giant clam shells worth nearly USD25 million in one of the biggest known operations of its kind in the country.
Conservationists have expressed alarm over the surging illicit trade in the endangered creatures, which are used as a substitute for ivory following a global crackdown in the trade of elephant tusks.
The Philippines is home to most of the world’s giant tropical clam species, and Friday’s raid took place in the western province of Palawan, considered a poaching hotbed.
The coastguard said four suspects were arrested on the remote Green Island in the Sulu Sea that turned up the largest ever giant clam shell haul by law enforcers in the area.