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They are hunted (fished, caught) due to the value of meat and eggs (caviar - delicacy selling for more than $100 or more per ounce), and products that can be produced from their skin (clothing, bookbindings.) Sturgeons are considered as a cash crop second to lobsters.
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hunting
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n/a
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he want to prove that the world was round and not flat
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