An estimated 600,000 seahorses were poached in Senegal in 2019. Artisanal fishers are fishing without oversight or legally for seahorses. Seahorses are ground into a powder in China for use in rice wine, tea or soup. Seahorses make up an $18 billion in trade. The seahorse trade in not managed, not legal, and not monitored. Seahorses are not being protected by law in Senegal. Without intervention, seahorses will cease to exist.
https://www.dw.com/en/an-appetite-for-dried-seahorse-in-china-could-spell-the-marine-animals-demise