Aquarium of the Pacific scrambled to save hundreds of sea creatures after massive smuggling busts

Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk · Byline on the source page: John Donegan | Long Beach Post, as published by LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · August 28, 2026 · 1 min read

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Hundreds of confiscated fish swim in a holding tank at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Thursday, Aug., 27, 2026. ( Thomas R. Cordova. / Long Beach Post) Clownfish clamber around a watery enclosure, a couple of brownbanded bamboo sharks weave between rocks and lines of coral sit in tank...

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