Eight men indicted in Missouri for paddlefish "caviar" trafficking
Source: Reuters
Eight men indicted in Missouri for paddlefish "caviar" trafficking
By Kevin Murphy
KANSAS CITY, Missouri | Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:13pm EDT
(Reuters) - Conservation officials in Missouri on Friday welcomed the federal charges filed this week against eight people accused of poaching paddlefish and selling their eggs as caviar.
A multi-year investigation into the poaching of the protected species culminated on Thursday in the indictment of eight people on charges they trafficked in fish and fish eggs taken illegally from Missouri lakes and streams, according to the federal complaint.
Missouri state law prohibits the transportation of paddlefish eggs that have been removed or extracted from a paddlefish carcass.
State law also prohibits the sale or purchase, or offer of sale or purchase, of paddlefish eggs and restricts the purchase of whole paddlefish.
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