Re: NANFA-L-- Sturgeon exports banned.

matt ashton (ashtonmj2003-in-yahoo.com)
Tue, 3 Jan 2006 17:08:49 -0800 (PST)

...and most likely the pressure (again legal and illegal) on the paddlefish fishery which has seen some really steady and steep increases in their caviar prices as these regulations on the sturgeon fisheries are enacted....

Matt
Cookeville, TN

"Hoover, Jan J ERDC-EL-MS" <Jan.J.Hoover-in-erdc.usace.army.mil> wrote:
Sturgeon-lovers -

Today, CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) banned
sturgeon exports from 10 nations (US is not listed).

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/international/03cnd-sturgeon.html

This could increase legal and illegal fishing pressures on our own native
sturgeon populations.

- Jan Hoover
Vicksburg, MS
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