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Authorities seized 91 totoaba swim bladders smuggled in a shipment for fish fillet. Reports put the contraband at $1.4 million. Read more here.

Millions of dollars worth of endangered totoaba fish swim bladders were confiscated in Arizona during the largest seizure ever reported. Read more here.

>> greg: your local story from? >> i am in arizona and being asian this caught my attention. they seized swim bladders. thats a fish part. asians if its swims, crawls, flies, we will eat it. any part it doesnt matter. the only thing that flies we dont eat airplanes. >> greg: thank god for that. there has to be a jennet -- genetic predlication for disgust. i cant eat anything that moves. >> there is a word for that --

Customs officers seized 270 swim bladders that are likely worth millions. They come from an endangered fish species and are considered a delicacy.

US Customs and Border Protection officers in Arizona have seized 242 pounds of swim bladders – the organ that helps fish control their buoyancy – that came from the endangered Totoaba fish, authorities said. have seized 242 pounds of swim bladders – the organ that helps fish control their buoyancy – that came from the endangered Totoaba fish, authorities said.