About CITES

Once plentiful in the Northern Hemisphere, sturgeons have suffered drastic population declines due to high demand for their roe, or caviar. Although sturgeons have been listed under CITES since 1998, Caviar Emptor, a campaign to protect the species, believes that the international caviar trade remains detrimental to the species’ survival. At the CITES CoP in The Hague, The Netherlands, June 3-15, scientists and conservationists will call for additional trade restrictions to preserve this magnificent species.

• Strengthening Sturgeon Conservation under CITES (PDF)
• CoP 15 Sturgeon Working Group Proposal for changes to Resolution 12.7 (PDF)
• Resolution 12.7 currently governing trade in sturgeon and caviar (PDF)
• CITES: An Introduction (PDF)
• Caviar Emptor comments to the US Fish and Wildlife Service on Sturgeon Working Group proposal (PDF)

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