{"id":266928,"date":"2026-06-07T19:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T23:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T20:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:00:10","slug":"seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/07\/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Seahorses and shark fins are illegally trafficked. An AI tool could help stop this crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seahorses and shark fins are illegally trafficked. An AI tool could help stop this crime<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/theconversation.com\/seahorses-and-shark-fins-are-illegally-trafficked-an-ai-tool-could-help-stop-this-crime-284448<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-07 19:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: theconversation.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Shark fins on a plane, seahorses in your bag and sea cucumbers in the post \u2013 these are just a few examples of illegal marine wildlife trafficking. <\/p>\n

This crime can be hard to detect. But in a new study, published in the journal Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability, we show how artificial intelligence (AI) can be harnessed as a complimentary detection tool to help stop marine wildlife trafficking at international airports and mail facilities. <\/p>\n

A global crime<\/h2>\n

The cross-border trade in live animals, animal parts or products is a global crime, facilitating the flow of billions of illicit dollars each year. It\u2019s known to converge with other criminal activity, including the trafficking in drugs, arms and humans. <\/p>\n

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime identifies five sources of demand for wildlife trafficking: food, medicine, pets and ornamental plants, specialist collection and adornment. <\/p>\n

In some cases, such as pet prestige, people are motivated both by the desire to have a pet and the perceived status it brings to own an exotic animal.<\/p>\n

People traffic marine animals too<\/h2>\n

Wildlife trafficking affects around 4,000 species. Many of the more well-known examples involve land-based animals \u2013 ivory from elephant tusks, horns from rhinos and scales from pangolins \u2013 the world\u2019s most trafficked mammal. <\/p>\n

Closer to home, we also see native Australian reptiles and birds, sometimes shoved in tins, put in socks and packaged up live to be sent overseas. <\/p>\n

Marine creatures, unfortunately, are targeted too. This can include live animals such as fish in people\u2019s bags, or dried marine life such as the rise of the seahorse trade and demand for shark fin.<\/p>\n

We have small pockets of knowledge of this activity. But the reality is we don\u2019t fully understand how widespread it is.<\/p>\n

AI to detect marine wildlife trade<\/h2>\n

Currently, the best means of detecting illegally trafficked wildlife is humans. And then there are our four-legged friends: biosecurity dogs….<\/p>\n

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