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Anti-poaching
squads tackle caviar crisis
BBC News,
Wednesday, 25 June, 2003
The authorities in the Russian Republic
of Dagestan have resorted to tough measures
to try to curb the poaching of sturgeon, an
endangered species important to the economy
for the production of caviar. more>>
Risky
but justified: Putin backs state monopoly
on caviar trade
MOSCOW (AFP) Jun
20, 2003
Restoring a state monopoly over the
caviar industry would be risky but "justified"
in view of the massive slump in production
due to poaching on the Volga river and in
the Caspian Sea, Russian President Vladimir
Putin said Friday. more>>
2003
Move
Over, Beluga
BUSINESSWEEK, APRIL
28, 2003
Domestic caviar is making a comeback.
For those of you who didn't realize it ever
went away, the U.S. was the world's major
supplier of this fish-egg delicacy back in
the 1800s, when sturgeon were abundant in
American waters from the Hudson River to the
Great Lakes.
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