Wild caviar gets bad PR

The following is an extract of an article found under braincoad.com regarding the worsening bad shape of Caspian sturgeons and consequently the many bad surprises for human health:

External parasites on sturgeons include Pseudotracheliastes stellatus, Nitzschia sturionis, Diclybothrium armatum, Cystoopsis acipenseris and Diplostomum spathecum with the highest prevalence in Huso huso at 60% and the lowest in Acipenser persicus at 13.9% (A. Hajumoradloo in 5th International Symposium on Sturgeon, Iranian Fisheries Research Organization, 9-13 May 2005, Ramsar). Ghaemi et al. (2006) found strains of mycobacteria in Iranian sturgeons and Mycobacterium marinum can cause fish tank granuloma, a disease in humans, although none was found in fishermen.

Many sturgeons in former Soviet waters of the Caspian Sea have developed fatal diseases associated with chemicals such as phenols, waste fluids and air from gas production facilities associated with the petrochemical industry. Both the sturgeon and their caviar are now inedible. Iranian sturgeons are believed to be less affected but since sturgeons migrate they are susceptible to extra-territorial pollution (Golub, 1992).  Read More >>