The beluga sturgeon is a large and long-lived species of freshwater fish native to the temperate waters of the Caspian Sea and the Black ... caused the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to ban ...

The species subject to capture include the Caspian seal, Aral Sea shovelnose sturgeon, Aral barbel, nelma, and Caspian trout. The statement emphasized that only a restricted number of these ...