CITES ANNOUNCES CAVIAR QUOTAS
March 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE SECRETARIAT of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) has published export quotas for caviar for 2007 from sturgeon in the Heilongjiang/Amur River between Russia and China. The quotas will be 29% of 2005 levels - the last year for which quotas were approved, creating a 3,761kg limit on beluga exports, the world's most valuable caviar. This follows the publication in January by CITES of quotas for caviar from Caspian Sea sturgeon, involving Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and ...
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