Protecting a flower-loving fly
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The Delhi Sands flower-loving fly (Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis) is a rare endemic insect currently limited to only 12 known populations in the semi-arid sand dunes of San Bernardino and Riverside counties in southern California. It is protected under the Endangered Species Act. The main threats to this species are habitat loss and degradation, the use of agricultural pesticides and the dumping of rubbish. All of the known populations are threatened by planned developments. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has developed a recovery plan for this fly, recommending the creation of three recovery units within the fly's historical range.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1999
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Protecting the source of caviar
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Caspian Sea sturgeon populations, which supply over 90% of the world caviar trade, have been alarmingly deteriorating. To arrest the growth of the illegal caviar trade and ensure the proper use and management of the sturgeons, the US and Germany have proposed the listing of the entire order Acipensiformes on the appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Aside from the four sturgeon species already listed in CITES, five more species were listed in Appendix II, including beluga, Russian, stellate, Siberian and spiny or ship.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1998
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Paddlefish and the world caviar trade
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The dwindling of paddlefish populations in the Mississippi River Basin, mainly due to the popularity of sport and commercial fisheries, has prompted some states in the Mississippi River basin to start paddlefish management programs. When other states went on to maintain sport and commercial fisheries, the Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Assn (MICRA) was formed to support interjurisdictional fishery management. The development of a basinwide management strategy, however, must contend with such issues as the growing caviar trade and the need for full cooperation within MICRA.
Publication Name: Endangered Species Update
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1081-3705
Year: 1998
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