Editing Sea cucumber (section)

===Black market===
As of 2013, a thriving [[Wildlife trade#Illegal wildlife trade|black market]] was driven by demand in China where {{convert|1|lb|g|order=flip}} at its peak might have sold for the equivalent of {{USD|300}}<ref name=NYT031913>{{cite news|title=Quest for Illegal Gain at the Sea Bottom Divides Fishing Communities |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/20/world/americas/quest-for-illegal-gain-at-the-sea-bottom-divides-fishing-communities.html|access-date=March 20, 2013|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 19, 2013|first=Karla |last=Zabludovsky}}</ref> and a single sea cucumber for about {{USD|160}}.<ref name= crackdown>{{cite news| url= http://www.vocativ.com/money/the1/the-sea-cucumbers-pickle-in-china/| title= China's Sea Cucumber Crackdown: President Xi Jinping puts a stop to elites' dining on rarefied and mystical delicacy| website= Vocativ.com| date= June 25, 2013| access-date= September 12, 2016| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170116040720/http://www.vocativ.com/money/the1/the-sea-cucumbers-pickle-in-china/| archive-date= January 16, 2017| url-status= dead}}</ref> A crackdown by governments both in and out of China reduced both prices and consumption, particularly among government officials who had been known to eat (and were able to afford purchasing) the most expensive and rare species.<ref name= crackdown /> In the [[Caribbean Sea]] off the shores of the [[Yucatán Peninsula]] near fishing ports such as Dzilam de Bravo, illegal harvesting had devastated the population and resulted in conflict as rival gangs struggled to control the harvest.<ref name=NYT031913 />