As Caviar Prices Skyrocket, Sturgeon Poachers Invade Pacific Northwest

Wednesday, June 10, 2015 at 12:00AM
El Guapo in Conservation, Species, fish in the news, sturgeon

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There's no good reason for a live, 8-foot sturgeon to be tied by the tail and tethered to the shore of the Columbia River, in the Pacific Northwest.

But this is how poachers steal the giant fish: They keep the sturgeon alive and hidden underwater while they look for black-market buyers.

LINK (via:NCPR)

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