Caviar traders are supposed to certify all imported goods, but, writes Saffron, this treaty only limits the cross-border caviar trade and does not prevent overfishing in Russia.

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Trade in caviar from beluga sturgeon (the most threatened species) has already been halted unilaterally by America.

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DC, which has been campaigning for several years for greater protection for sturgeon in the Caspian Sea a body of water that is the source of about 90% of the trade in caviar.

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