SEA CUCUMBER                                                   

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Context: The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) team at Tamil Nadu seized two tonnes of sea cucumber.

About sea cucumber:

• It is a banned marine species.
• Sea cucumbers are in high demand in China and Southeast Asia.
• Sea cucumber in India is treated as an endangered species listed under schedule I of Wildlife Protection Act of 1972.
• It is primarily smuggled from Tamil Nadu to Sri Lanka.

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