Paddlefish and Amia calva are both protected. Amia calva during the spawning
months of Jan. through April ( I think) and Paddlefish are protected for
infinity due to the wholesale slaughter of them strictly for their roe.
Their guts were sliced open and even the males met the same fate as the
females who may or may not have contained eggs and the carcasses were
unceremoniously tossed overboard as pure waste!
These two events immediately ensued due to the collapse of the sturgeon
fisheries and the failure of the USSR, if I have my facts correct.
I wouldn't buy or even taste any product that involves the wholesale
slaughter and endangerment of even the Bullhead catfishes' eggs, if it means
certain destruction of a species.
Thanks for all of your views?thoughts on this "cavior" issue.
BG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2003 10:43 AM
Subject: RE: NANFA-- Amia ova
> >Also - marketing a high-dollar item
> >to swanky-types may tough when you put a mudfish/dogfish/grinnel on the
can.
>
> Maybe the sturgeon is a logo, but is the bowfin any less attractive than a
> sturgeon? And the people they're marketing to wouldn't know those more
> derogatory names for the bowfin. I think the swanky
> champagne-wishes-and-caviar-dreams people know their roe. They wouldn't
> serve the wrong wine, so would they use just any egg? So who is this
> company marketing to? They also have caviar from Russian Golden Pike
> (Russian?) In their marketing pitch they describe the benefits of
> cultured caviar. But certainly the high price of bowfin eggs is because
> they can't be cultured.
>
> Also for sale on Ebay are fossilized bowfin parts and a stuffed bowfin!
>
> I just received my order of "Golden Gar Caviar". Looks yummy, I think
I'll
> try a taste, mmm, tastes funny, ackk...
> (Thump!)
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