Overfishing: Oceans Are Dying
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| Caspian Sea beluga at risk of extinction within a decade |
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| Monday, 01 March 2010 17:35 | |||
The annual "catch" is of about 1,000 tonnes of sturgeon. Now the coastal countries (Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran, and Azerbaijan) are discussing a moratorium, promoted mostly by Moscow, which wants a general ban by the beginning of 2009... 
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The sturgeon of the Caspian Sea, which provide about 90 percent of the world's caviar, are at risk of going extinct in about a decade, unless there are precise limits on fishing and on pollution. But the outlook is grim, because in the past fishermen have always violated the established limits.
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