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The World Conservation Union considers all but two of the world s 27 sturgeon and paddlefish species globally threatened. Consumer demand for caviar and the collapse of Russian law enforcement have caused a boom in illegal poaching. Habitat destruction has also contributed to the decline of these fish.
