Beluga Caviar

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has banned importation of Beluga Caviar from the Caspian.

Something had to be done. My only concern with a total ban is that, as always (and as in ivory before it) it equally penalizes those countries with real conservation, and those where poaching and corruption are rampant.

Ironically, Iran seems to have a better conservation program than other Caspian nations. But then, It Is A Well Known Fact (see G. L. Herter, below) that Mussolini made the trains run on time.