Re: NANFA-- Beluga Sturgeon

Robert Carillio (darterman_at_cboss.com)
Sat, 17 Aug 2002 20:33:47 -0500

> There are lot's of weird non endangered things to eat. Why bother with
> endangered ones?

This is the whole point, Bob.... thank you for this! :-)

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Carillio" <darterman_at_cboss.com>
> To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:49 PM
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Beluga Sturgeon
>
>
> > I agree, Bob.. and if it "tastes like chicken" why not just eat the
> > chicken.. get what I'm sayin'?... HA!
> > Yes... it's rediculous
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bob Bock" <bockhouse_at_earthlink.net>
> > To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> > Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 8:51 PM
> > Subject: Re: NANFA-- Beluga Sturgeon
> >
> >
> > > What's the big deal about caviar anyway? It's like salty, fishy,
jello?
> > It
> > > definitely is not worth pushing a species into extinction for.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Brian Haas" <bhaas_at_netexpress.net>
> > > To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
> > > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 11:14 PM
> > > Subject: Re: NANFA-- Beluga Sturgeon
> > >
> > >
> > > > 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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