A Kentucky fisherman gets sentenced in a historic case involving wildlife conservation
52-year-old Western Kentucky commercial fisherman Charles Hopkins was held accountable for his activities in a major enforcement of wildlife conservation regulations. He was convicted of planning to unlawfully collect and sell the highly prized caviar from shovelnose sturgeons. Strict guidelines are in effect to avoid overexploitation since shovelnose sturgeons are classified as a conservation species. … Read more