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Index Page > Archive List > Nov05xml > Caviar Ban Threatens Mississippi Paddlefish Caviar Ban Threatens Mississippi Paddlefish
Some fishermen on the Mississippi remember using buckets of paddlefish eggs as pig slop. Then the U.S. government banned caviar imports from the Caspian Sea. NPR environmental correspondent John Nielsen reports on how that ban made paddlefish caviar the preferred alternative, and led to overfishing that now threatens the species. Click Here to read the entire article...
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