A civil society network released data on 11 aquaculture/export firms that shipped over 320,000 black-spotted pufferfish (2013–2016), before a 2017 outbreak. They're pressing the state to tighten traceability systems and investigate how such misclassifications occurred over 200+ shipments. An administrative court issued a 180-day deadline for containment, rehabilitation, and enhanced aquatic-animal oversight to prevent future invasions and ecological damage in affected areas.
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