Caviar traders and scientists met in Moscow recently in a bid to stop the
delicacy being consigned to history.
Sturgeon numbers have been falling because of increased poaching, pollution
and dam construction, which blocks routes to spawning grounds. Experts at the
meeting, organised by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), said that
caviar-producing countries should improve their strategies for curbing illegal
trade and develop better ways to assess stocks. They also called for the
establishment of sturgeon conservation areas in key regions such as the Black
Sea and the Caspian Sea.
