«They confirm that the scale of the illegal wildlife trade — including trade in plants — is much greater than we had previously thought, and that
wildlife trafficking concerns many more species than the charismatic rhinos and elephants which tend to receive global attention.
Mariners share the
concern of
wildlife officials and environmental groups, said Dick McKenna, executive director of the Marine Exchange of Southern California, which monitors all vessel
traffic in and out of the Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.