英文原文

Kazakhstan, Caspian Pike Perch, 1999
"Pike perch seem plentiful at this Kazakh processing plant, but the catch here has fallen sharply in recent years—and that's not the worst news. The [Caspian Sea's] sturgeon, ancient fish that survived the transition from dinosaur age to the mammal era, may not survive the transition from communism to free market. The source of 90 percent of the world's caviar, they are being decimated by poaching and pollution."

—From "The Rise and Fall of the Caspian Sea," May 1999, National Geographic magazine

中文翻譯

在這個哈薩克加工廠，梭鱸看起來很豐富，但是這里的捕獲量在近年急劇下降---而那還不是最壞的消息。在從恐龍時代到哺乳動物時期的變遷中幸存下來的古老魚類[里海的]鱘魚可能無法在共產主義到自由市場的過渡中生存下來。占世界魚子醬90%來源的鱘魚正在被偷獵和污染大批殺害。

----摘自1999年《國家地理雜志》5月號《里海的興衰》