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Houston County investigation leads to dozens of charges related to harvesting fish eggs 
By Mark Wasson US Source: postbulletin 7/29/2022
Mark Wasson
Credit: Zach Klein / USGS
Six men are accused of catching dozens of shovelnose sturgeons from the Mississippi River in 2021 near Reno in Houston County, and of using multiple fishing lines, harvesting the roe (eggs) and often discarding the fish bodies back into the river. It's suspected the roe is sold as caviar.
 

A monthslong investigation by Minnesota Conservation Officers and Wisconsin Conversation Wardens led to multiple individuals being charged with over-fishing related to stealing fish eggs, according to court documents.

 
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