Gill plate trade
Buying and selling of stingray gill plates for use in alternative medicine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The gill plate trade is the buying and selling of stingray gill plates for their use in traditional Chinese medicine. The gill plates are harvested from stingrays that are caught intentionally, or caught as bycatch. The plates are sold whole or in a powder form. A single kilogram of the gill plate can be sold for up to US$350, though the price varies by ray species.[1]