Word: caviar
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...years preceding the Iranian Revolution of 1979, the dining tables of the Pahlavi court in Tehran were piled high with the freshest beluga caviar, though the Shah himself was known to loathe the stuff. Consumed in the region for hundreds of years, beluga and other caviar varieties have long been prized and, when exported, carry a commensurate price tag. In duty-free shops in Europe, top-quality sturgeon roe can sell for nearly $1,500 for 250 grams. Like oil, caviar has been black gold to Iran and its Caspian neighbors...
...five countries that border the Caspian Sea - the world's premier producers of caviar - have taken a critical step toward protecting the ancient fish that is at the center of a modern economic and environmental dispute. In launching a coordinated, science-based program for managing and preserving sturgeon stocks - replacing the competing national systems of past years - Iran and four former Soviet republics also met international requirements for proceeding with this year's caviar harvest...
...Five spoons dip into the pot, but how many spoonfuls are there?" mused a caviar exporter quoted by an official of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, known as CITES. Holding those spoons as they divide the Caspian's wild sturgeon with Iran are Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. "In a region where fish stocks were once a carefully guarded state secret, and where there is still no comprehensive political agreement over how to share the Caspian Sea and its resources, this breakthrough on sturgeon management marks a dramatic step toward transparency and cooperation," says Jim Armstrong, deputy...
Noting that the conflict that came to a head in Paris last June - when CITES halted the legal caviar trade by Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan in a dispute over conservation measures - is not over, Wijnstekers says that "greater efforts are needed to combat illegal fishing and corruption." While Iran was not subject to the ban because it had a functioning national system, it has nevertheless joined the regional effort...
Club vending machine stocked with Beluga caviar, rare “platinum cheddar” cheez...