The Fish Mafia Kingpin

Magomed: I kind of love how he's like, you know, the newspapers calling me the fish mafia kingpin are making people ask a lot of questions. But it's kind of like they didn't they actually didn't say that. You're just bringing it up out of nowhere. Most of the guys actually getting the fish are ultra poor farmers from these republics that are ripped up by war and corruption and religious extremist violence. The famed beluga has all but disappeared. By this time in 2001, illegal poaching has depleted Russian sturgeon harvest from 10,000 tons in 1992 to just 500 tons in 2000.