Food safety risks posed by heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) related to consumption of sea cucumbers

EO Elvevoll, D James, J Toppe, EG Gamarro, IJ Jensen - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
The global production of sea cucumbers was 245 thousand tons in 2020. Sea cucumbers
are important food items in Asian and Pacific cuisines, the highest proportion being …

Revered and reviled: the plight of the vanishing sea cucumbers

A Mercier, SW Purcell, EM Montgomery… - Annual Review of …, 2025 - annualreviews.org
Sea cucumbers paradoxically suffer from being both highly prized and commonly
disregarded. As an Asian medicine and delicacy, they command fabulous prices and are …

The tragedy of the commodity is not inevitable: Indigenous resistance prevents high-value fisheries collapse in the Pacific islands

CE Ferguson, NJ Bennett, W Kostka… - Global Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergence of export markets for high-value seafood products tends to produce a
predictable pattern of serial depletion of resources and social disruption in coastal …

Illegal fisheries, environmental crime, and the conservation of marine resources

E Aceves‐Bueno, AJ Read… - Conservation …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The illegal harvest of marine species within exclusive economic zones can have a strong
impact on the function of local ecosystems and livelihoods of coastal communities. The …

Performance of a trial sea ranch for the commercial sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra, in Papua New Guinea

C Hair, TA Militz, N Daniels, PC Southgate - Aquaculture, 2022 - Elsevier
Holothuria scabra (sandfish) is a tropical sea cucumber that has been over-exploited
because of its high-value in the bêche-de-mer trade. It is amenable to mariculture and the …

Social and economic challenges to community-based sea cucumber mariculture development in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea

C Hair, S Foale, N Daniels, P Minimulu, J Aini… - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
This article describes the outcomes of research into the potential of community-based
mariculture of the commercial sea cucumber, sandfish (Holothuria scabra), as a sustainable …

Hatchery-produced sandfish (Holothuria scabra) show altered genetic diversity in New Caledonia

F Riquet, C Fauvelot, P Fey, D Grulois, M Leopold - Fisheries Research, 2022 - Elsevier
Facing an alarming continuing decline of wild sea cucumber resources, management
strategies were developed over the past three decades to sustainably promote …

Sea cucumber significance: Drying techniques and India's comprehensive status

R Harini, V Natarajan, CK Sunil - Journal of Food Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Sea cucumbers, members of the echinoderm class Holothuroidea, are marine invertebrates
with ecological significance and substantial commercial value. With approximately 1700 …

New insights into the biology of the commercial holothurian Parastichopus regalis (Cuvier, 1817) and their ecological implications

M Ramón, M Baeta, A Pérez-Ruzafa, E Galimany - Marine Biology, 2025 - Springer
Holothurians provide important ecosystem services by enhancing sediment health through
bioturbation. The sea cucumber Parastichopus regalis has a wide distribution in the …

Troubling the Waters: Gendered Dispossession, Violence, and Sea Cucumber Aquaculture in Madagascar

M Baker-Médard, E Kroger - Society & Natural Resources, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Poverty reduction and fisheries management in Madagascar have converged on the marine
seascape, directed at an unassuming creature: the sea cucumber. In southwestern …