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  • A large manta ray is pulled up along side of a boat after it's been speared for it's gills and meat in Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images.
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  • The head of a large manta ray is pulled up the beach after it's been speared for it's gills and meat in Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Manta Ray Of Hope
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  • A large manta ray is pulled up along side of a boat after it's been speared for it's gills and meat in Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Manta Ray Of Hope
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  • A reef manta ( Manta alfredi ) swims by with part of a longline attached to it's wing, 1st April 2013, Manta Bay, Nusa Penida,Indonesia. Manta rays are a target species for fishermen across Indonesia for the gill plates that are used in traditional Chinese medicine in Hong Kong, Macau and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray is pulled up along side of a boat after it's been speared for it's gills and meat in Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Manta Ray Of Hope
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  • A large manta ray is pulled up along side of a boat after it's been speared for it's gills and meat in Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton for Manta Ray Of Hope
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  • Gill rakers from a large manta ray. Th egills will be dried and sent to China for the Traditional Chinese Medicine market. Photo: Paul Hilton for Manta Ray Of Hope
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  • A traditional Chinese medicine shop sells manta ray gill plates. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A traditional Chinese medicine shop sells manta ray gill plates. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A traditional Chinese medicine shop sells manta ray gill plates. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Large manta rays are lined up at a fish market in Indonesia. Growing demand for products from the manta ray and its close cousins, the mobula or devil ray, (collectively mobulid rays) along with decreased fishery income due to the wide scale depletion of regional shark populations, has transformed small-scale subsistence mobulid ray fisheries into global commercial export businesses. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A traditional Chinese medicine shop sells manta ray gill plates. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton  / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Gill plates, drying in Sri Lanka. Once the gills are dried and packaged. They’ll be exported to Hong Kong and China, for the Traditional Chinese Medicine market. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Gill plates, drying in Sri Lanka. Once the gills are dried and packaged. They’ll be exported to Hong Kong and China, for the Traditional Chinese Medicine market. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs / Earth Tree Images
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  • Gill plates, drying in Sri Lanka. Once the gills are dried and packaged. They’ll be exported to Hong Kong and China, for the Traditional Chinese Medicine market. Demand for gill rakers is the largest driver for manta and mobula ray fisheries. Anecdotes gathered through investigations and literature searches suggest that gill rakers, which consist of thin filaments that manta and mobula rays use to filter food from the water column, can treat health issues ranging from chicken pox to cancer. Some practitioners claim that gill rakers, known in China as “Peng Yu Sai,” boost the immune system and help purify the body by reducing toxins and fever and enhancing blood circulation. Others claim that gill rakers will remedy throat and skin ailments, male kidney issues, and help couples with fertility problems. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A reef manta ( Manta alfredi ) swims by as tourist look on, 1st April 2013, Manta Bay, Nusa Penida,Indonesia. Manta rays are a target species for fishermen across Indonesia for the gill plates that are used in traditional Chinese medicine in Hong Kong, Macau and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Ministry of Fisheries personal display confiscated manta ray gills at their offices in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • Ministry of Fisheries personal display confiscated manta ray gills at their offices in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo:Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A large manta ray to brought up along side after its been harpooned, off the coast of Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Of the handful of locations that account for the majority of manta fishers, the central Indonesian village of Lamakera is at the top and is considered the world’s largest manta fishing site. Villagers here have conducted traditional manta hunts for many generations, but with the arrival of the gill plate trade in the early 2000s, the community converted to diesel engines and transformed to a full-scale commercial fishery, landing over 1,000 mantas in a single season. Photo: Shawn Heinrichs / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Ministry of Fisheries personal display confiscated manta ray gills at their offices in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Children pose for a photograph in front of serval kilos of dried manta ray gill plates used in Traditional Chinese medicine in China (TCM), Lamakera Village, Solor, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Ministry of Fisheries personal display confiscated manta ray gills at their offices in Negara, Jembrana, Bali. Photo: Paul Hilton for WCS
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • A mobula ray is off loaded at a fish market in Sri Lanka. Manta and mobula rays are still landed in Sri Lanka to supply the gill plate trade in China. The meat is consumed locally, the gills are then dried and exported to Hong Kong and China. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta and mobula meat is hung out to dry. At it's peak this hunting/ fishing village were killing over 2000 large manta rays per season, Lamakera, Solor, Indonesia. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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  • Manta rays ( Manta alfredi ) swim through the plankton rich waters off the coast of Nusa Penida, as major ocean currents move water between the Pacific to the Indian Ocean, Bali, Indonesia.  Photo: Paul Hilton / Greenpeace Manta rays swim in the warm tropical waters. Photo: Paul Hilton / Earth Tree Images
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