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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9102

5 January 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 20
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade/fisheries
International ban on caviar exports to protect sturgeon

Brussels, 04/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, CITES, decided, on 3 January, to ban all exports of caviar and other sturgeon products in response to the severe decline in sturgeon stocks. The ban applies to products coming from “shared stocks”, that is, fishing areas shared by several countries, mainly in the Caspian Sea. In addition to the Caspian Sea, CITES has also noted a severe decline in sturgeon stocks in...

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