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No More Caviar Imports

By Justin Gardner | Related entries in The World, United Nations

Damn this War On Terrorism! Damn it to hell!!!

From the AP:

The ban covers exports from the major sturgeon-exporting countries, said CITES, which regulates legal caviar exports through an international system of permits.

The Caspian Sea produces the sturgeons said to be the world’s highest quality. The countries bordering the Caspian Sea account for 80 percent of the global caviar trade.

The U.N. body said the restrictions on world caviar trade were temporary to permit exporting nations to show they are not driving the species to extinction and are taking steps to preserve the source of the delicacy.

Countries wishing to export sturgeon products “must demonstrate that their proposed catch and export quotas reflect current population trends and are sustainable,” said Willem Wijnstekers, secretary-general of CITES.

But that’s okay. Here in the states we’ve got ourselves some genuine paddlefish caviar, which is said to be of similar quality to the Russian kind. AND, it’s supposed to be better for you since paddlefish are healthier fish than sturgeon.


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One Response to “No More Caviar Imports”

  1. Peter Says:
    January 4th, 2006 at 9:49 am

    Kentucky caviar (spoonfish) is quite tasty and is very similar to the beluga. (the fish are actually distant cousins).

    Much talk of it lately on local talk radio (lexington, KY), though the company that harvests the spoonfish caviar is in the louisville area.

    -http://americanmoderateparty.blogspot.com

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