Speaking at a news conference in Moscow today, WWF project coordinator Alexei Vaisman said that by not eating caviar, Russians would be doing several good deeds. He said it would lower profits for the mafia that thrive on poaching, as well as cut down on general corruption. Most importantly, Vaisman said, it would save the sturgeon from extinction.
The U.S. government -- in response to environmental concerns -- has suspended all trade in the prized beluga sturgeon from the Caspian and Black Sea basin.
(AP)