> I also heard the report. USFWS is considering putting a ban on the
> importation and sale of Beluga caviar in the U.S. in order to help out the
> sturgeon. The flip side of this is that an enormous amount of Beluga
> caviar is sold on the black market (was it 10x as much as is sold
> legally!?). Opponents to the ban say that the current legal marketing of
> the roe contributes money to restoration and management efforts. If the
> roe was banned, that money would no longer be available to restoration
> efforts - at the same time, the demand on the black market would continue
> (probably increase) and cause further harm to the species.
>
> Yet another sticky situation in the sometimes seemingly hopeless world of
> conservation. (Wow, what a sentence - talk about alliteration.)
>
> Travis Haas
> Hazel Green, WI
>
>
>
> At 10:27 PM 8/15/02, Rob wrote:
> >This info. was passed on to me from a friend in Cleveland who heard this
on
> >National Public Radio World News. Although not a native fish here, I
just
> >thought it might interest the list for comments... Read on...
> >
> >Rob C.
> >
> >Nikki Mezic of Cleveland, writes:
> >
> >Rob, did you know that the beluga sturgen is going to be put on the
> >endangered
> >species list? I guess their population has decreased by 90% in the past
20
> >years. That's so disgusting, all for caviar...80% of which is sold to the
> >United States of course. We're the gluttons of the earth... Info from
NPR
> >World News.
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