The man in charge of the Wisconsin’s sturgeon fishery is accused of obstructing an investigation into D-N-R staffers illegally selling eggs to caviar processors.
D-N-R and U-S Fish and Wildlife Service officials say that staff in the fisheries department have been providing sturgeon eggs that had been collected from spearers as ‘research samples’ to processors in exchange for gifts and cash.
Wardens say that sturgeon fisheries chief Ryan Koenigs confessed to taking part in the scheme, after allegedly lying to investigators during the process.
A former fisheries supervisor says the scheme has been going on for years.
