01-04-2006, 11:24 AM
Quote:A ban was enacted Tuesday on international trade in caviar and other ichthyological products derived from the wild, endangered sturgeon.
The United Nations Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora...forbade caviar exports until producers including Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Kazakhstan furnish clear data on species stock levels and black-market sales of the delicacy...
...at press time, Meg Whitman's ubiquitous eBay featured 25 listings for Russian caviar--but only two had bids. A call to eBay spokesman Hani Durzy had not been returned ...
full article: http://www.forbes.com/2006/01/03/caviar-...can14.html