Caviar menaces us again Martina Harvanova

In 1996 a warning occurred claiming that if nothing is done in the next 15 to 20 years, the world's population of species people are using to produce caviar will face possible extinction. How does the situation look like currently?Already in the past most of the world' s countries refused import of caviar as long as a sustainable version of the exclusive food won' t be offered. The high-quality beluga caviar is still being sold on the black market though. And the latest news say the delicate dish is again on the shelves of the UK chain Waitrose following its competitors Caviar House, Masion Prunier and the exclusive food halls of Selfridges and Harrods.The fact is that 90 percent of the world' s caviar supply comes from Caspian Sea and there are three most sought sturgeon species - beluga, stellate sturgeon and Russian sturgeon & which are being killed when producing caviar. All of them are on the list of animals that face a ''very high risk of extinction in the wild in the near future.'' Although the rate of caviar consumption isn' t that high and it is generally known that there are only privileged gourmets among the consumers that can afford it, the danger is still menacing. Surveys say there is a 45 percent decline particularly in beluga sturgeon populations between years 2004 to 2005. Personally, I consider it right when the world-leading nations care about the nature and meet the needed arrangements to improve it. However, according to the recent information, not a lot has changed. Despite the warning about the sturgeon extinction in the next two decades, we did not learn anything. We are still threatening our planet and nature. Nothing has got better. There are only words, but no action.

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