With a worldwide shortage of premium caviar due to a shrinking sturgeon population, some black market importers have turned to an American cousin: a prehistoric-looking river creature, the paddlefish. A Florida man is the latest to be accused of mislabeling the paddlefish and shipping it abroad, where it was allegedly repackaged as American caviar for shipment to other countries. A conviction in the case could bring a sentence of five years in federal prison.
May 19, 2008 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
With a worldwide shortage of premium caviar due to a shrinking sturgeon population, some black market importers have turned to an American cousin: a prehistoric-looking river creature, the paddlefish.
Paddlefish roe has qualities similar to Russian caviar — arguably the finest in the world. But the fish also is protected in many U.S. states due to overfishing and habitat loss.
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