Joe Rogan Experience #2536 - Eric Goode & Jeremy McBride · Aired Aug 6, 2026
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Approximately 50% of the wildlife that leaves the United States consists of marine life such as coral and invertebrates.
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The roughly 50 to 60 percent marine figure is real, but it describes what the United States imports, not what it exports. A 2010 Marine Policy paper says the US imports more than 50 to 60 percent of live coral, reef fish and invertebrates in trade. A 2025 Center for Biological Diversity report on US pet exports names turtles as seven of the top 10 export species and gives no marine share, so I found nothing backing a 50 percent marine share of exports. Falsifier: a federal LEMIS-based breakdown showing corals and marine invertebrates make up about half of US wildlife exports by volume or value would overturn this.
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Is it true that Approximately 50% of the wildlife that leaves the United States consists of marine life such as coral and invertebrates?
Partly. The claim stretches what the evidence shows. The roughly 50 to 60 percent marine figure is real, but it describes what the United States imports, not what it exports. A 2010 Marine Policy paper says the US imports more than 50 to 60 percent of live coral, reef fish and invertebrates in trade. A guest said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2536 - Eric Goode & Jeremy McBride, aired Aug 6, 2026, at 1:32:01. The supporting source is sciencedirect.com, linked below.
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