Re: NANFA-- Beluga Sturgeon

Robert Carillio (darterman_at_cboss.com)
Fri, 16 Aug 2002 18:30:21 -0500

What I would like to know..is what's the big attraction to eating
caviar???.. Why not eat bluegill eggs???.. Maybe even tapioca pudding???..
HA!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Stallsmith" <fundulus_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Beluga Sturgeon

> The really big problem for this fish is habitat degradation. The Caspian
Sea
> was used by the Soviets for all sorts of military experiments (like
smallpox
> weaponization), and was on the receiving end of abuse related to stupid
> agricultural practices. It's only because the adults are long-lived that
any
> of these fish remain, apparently...
>
> --Bruce Stallsmith
> Huntsville, AL, US of A
>
> >From: Brian Haas <bhaas_at_netexpress.net>
> >Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> >Subject: Re: NANFA-- Beluga Sturgeon
> >Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 22:14:57 -0500
> >
> >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

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