Ocean Sentry
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.
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…
