Thank you Bob for this information...
Rob C.
>
http://www.homedelivery.com/tempest_ect?op=9&storeid=26677646&aisles=0&globa
l=1&affil
> iate_id=1 and
>
> http://www.caviarchef.com/default.tpl. and
>
> http://move.to/caviar
>
> I should think that prices like $46/oz., $710/lb., and $1,557/kg. would
> convince anyone that there is something special about fine caviar that
> is firing the current controversy and fear of extinction of some sturgeon
> species.
>
> This is not the sort of low grade salty black stuff one finds in the local
> supermarkets and delis!
>
> I first encountered fine Russian caviar (or maybe it was Iranian), back
> in the late '50s, when I was invited to accompany a wealthy young
> Washington DC area car dealer and his wife to a Broadway show.
> I met them at their suite in the Plaza Hotel (I said he was wealthy).
>
> There was a small bar in the suite, with various hors d'oeuvres
> elegantly laid out on a side table - including a large tin of caviar
sitting
> in a hollow carved in a block of ice. It was my first exposure to fine
> caviar, but certainly not my last. I'm not sure it was Beluga, though.
> Perhaps it was Oscietra, Sevruga, Imperial, Royal Black, although
> since it was dark gray to black in color, I'm sure it wasn't the extremely
> rare Almas.
>
> In checking caviar on the Internet, I came across
http://www.caviaremptor.org/,
> "Caviar Emptor: A Campaign to Protect and Restore Critically Endangered
Beluga
> Sturgeon and Other Threatened Caspian Sea Sturgeon" I don't know anything
> at all about this organization, but it might be worth a read for those who
have a
> special interest in the conservation of these marvelous ancient species.
>
> Bob Sinclair
> Santa Barbara CA
>
> PS: Over the years I've had a chance to taste fine caviar relatively few
> times, and most those occasions when in Europe. But until recent years
> when the threat to the various sturgeon species became evident, this was
> mainly due to the costs.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Contact Us: info_at_caviaremptor.org
>
>
>
>
>
> Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 23:50:37 -0500
> From: "matt richardson" <mrichardson2_at_charter.net>
> Subject: Re: NANFA-- Beluga Sturgeon
>
> Most definitely not worth it!
> -
> 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.
>
> 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
>
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