An curved arrow pointing right. Fish maw — the swim bladder of a fish — is one of the most expensive dried-seafood products in the world. A Chinese delicacy, it can fetch $450 to $1,000 per ...

Imagine a fish worth more than a small fortune. The Totoaba, a creature of the Gulf of California, holds the dubious ...

fish skin and fish swim bladder 1. Although contributing much to the basic knowledge of the structure and chemistry of collagen, it is not known with certainty whether collagen from these sources ...

A minuscule fish can make a sound as loud as a gunshot by drumming on its own bladder, scientists have discovered. The creature, Danionella cerebrum, uses its swim bladder to create noises that ...

Authorities in China are prosecuting 11 people for smuggling $119m (£90m) worth of fish swim bladders from Mexico. They are accused of bringing in 20,000 swim bladders from totoaba fish from the ...

And all it takes is a fundamental combination of bone, muscle, and cartilage working together to drum against the fish’s swim bladder, producing the loud noise. But sound production isn’t just ...

They can secrete gas into the swim bladder or remove it. A fish that lives on the bottom doesn't need to be able to maintain its buoyancy. Narrator: So, the Jell-O layer isn't a perfect substitute ...

Vaquitas were regularly drowning in gill nets meant for shrimp and totoabas, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China. In 1975, after the totoaba was declared endangered, Mexico outlawed ...

It feeds my family and educates my children,” he says. From a fish loader in 2003 to a swim bladder dealer in 2018, it was never an easy journey for the man who couldn’t live off the meagre ...