Post #792411 by tikiskip on Sat, Jan 12, 2019 6:49 AM

And here is a short answer from the net.
Would guess that mostly Asian people eat these fish as I've never seen it served here in USA.
Kinda like shark fins and rhino horn, we don't use that stuff.

So if the Asians want to eat you look out you may disappear. I kid.

Side note the top five global polluters are also Asian.
So you can't stop anything till they get onboard with the program.

"Poisonous puffers are believed to synthesize their deadly toxin from the bacteria in the animals they eat. Some species of pufferfish are considered vulnerable due to pollution, habitat loss, and overfishing, but most populations are considered stable."

"Some species are considered vulnerable enough to become endangered because of pollution. Overfishing also threatens pufferfish populations. Blowfish flesh is considered a delicacy, despite the fact that its toxin is 1,200 times more poisonous to humans than cyanide."