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June 2007 The trade in caviar is one of the most lucrative black markets in the world. Kazakhstan's local fishing agencies, meant to protect the beluga sturgeon, are accused of being the primary poachers. Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Популяция осетровых находится на грани исчезновения. Экологи всего мира бьют тревогу, призывая человечество добровольно отказаться от черной икры. Однако ...
During the Cousteau expedition in the Caspian Sea in 1999, the Cousteau team studied the age-old sturgeon fishery.
The beluga sturgeon or European sturgeon (Huso huso) is a species of anadromous fish in the sturgeon family (Acipenseridae) of order Acipenseriformes. It is found primarily in the Caspian and Black Sea basins, and occasionally in the Adriatic Sea. Heavily fished for the female's valuable ...
In the caviar breeding grounds of the Caspian Sea, authorities are battling to stop smugglers from stealing Sturgeon - the fish from which caviar typically comes - before they get to market. Al Jazeera's John Terrett reports.