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[[Perburuan liar]] telah menjadi faktor penyebab penurunan populasi ikan dayung Amerika di negara bagian di mana mereka dieksploitasi secara komersial, terutama sementara permintaan [[kaviar]] tetap tinggi.<ref name="Status" /> Sejak 1980-an, [[Sanksi ekonomi|embargo]] [[Iran|perdagangan terhadap Iran]] membatasi impor kaviar beluga yang paling dicari dan paling mahal dari [[Laut Kaspia]], membatasi sumber kaviar AS. Kaviar yang paling dicari diproduksi oleh ikan sturgeon di Laut Kaspia Utara, tetapi penangkapan ikan yang berlebihan dan perburuan telah menghabiskan persediaannya. Populasi ikan sturgeon dan ikan dayung Amerika ditargetkan sebagai pengganti yang mungkin.<ref name="LSU" /><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Katherine Cooper|date=March 30, 2016|title=Why the Caviar-Producing American Paddlefish Is a Symbol of Luxury and Scarcity|url=https://www.eater.com/2016/3/30/11250870/american-paddlefish-caviar|journal=Eater|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref>
[[Telur ikan]] dari ikan dayung Amerika bisa diolah menjadi kaviar yang rasa, warna, ukuran dan teksturnya mirip dengan sturgeon kaviar sevruga dari Laut Kaspia.<ref name="EWS">{{Cite web|last=Betty Wills|date=2004|title=Paddlefish|url=http://www.earthwave.org/paddlefish|publisher=Earthwave Society|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006103219/http://www.earthwave.org/paddlefish|archive-date=October 6, 2014|access-date=October 3, 2014|url-status=live}}<cite class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="true" id="CITEREFBetty_Wills2004">Betty Wills (2004). </cite></ref><ref name="SRAC">{{Cite web|last=Steven D. Mims|last2=William L. Shelton|date=November 1999|title=Production of Paddlefish|url=http://www2.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/PaddlefishProduction.pdf|website=Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Aquaculture, Fisheries, & Pond Management, Publication 437|publisher=Southern Regional Aquaculture Center|pages=1–5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910115628/http://www2.ca.uky.edu/wkrec/PaddlefishProduction.pdf|archive-date=September 10, 2016|access-date=June 22, 2014|last3=Forrest S. Wynne|last4=Richard J. Onders|url-status=dead}}<cite class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="true" id="CITEREFSteven_D._MimsWilliam_L._SheltonForrest_S._WynneRichard_J._Onders1999">Steven D. Mims; William L. Shelton; Forrest S. Wynne; Richard J. Onders (November 1999). </cite></ref> Beberapa kasus telur ikan dayung Amerika yang salah label yang dijual sebagai kaviar Laut Kaspia telah diadili oleh [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service|US Fish and Wildlife Service]].<ref name="LSU">{{Cite web|title=Biology of the Paddlefish|url=http://www.lamer.lsu.edu/pdfs/NFC_Section1.pdf|website=Louisiana Marine Education Resources, Classroom Projects|publisher=Louisiana State University|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195741/http://www.lamer.lsu.edu/pdfs/NFC_Section1.pdf|archive-date=July 14, 2014|access-date=June 9, 2014|url-status=dead}}<cite class="citation web cs1" data-ve-ignore="true">[https://web.archive.org/web/20140714195741/http://www.lamer.lsu.edu/pdfs/NFC_Section1.pdf "Biology of the Paddlefish"] <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. </cite></ref> Peraturan negara bagian yang membatasi panen populasi ikan ikan dayung Amerika di alam liar, dan perdagangan ilegal telur mereka ditegakkan dengan ketat. Pelanggaran terkait seperti pengangkutan ilegal telur ikan dayung Amerika telah mengakibatkan hukuman dengan denda besar dan hukuman penjara. <ref name="FWSIndict">{{Cite web|last=Gavin Shire|date=April 15, 2013|title=Seven Men Indicted for Alleged Trafficking of Paddlefish Caviar|url=http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=07401D8C-0A8F-B153-D150CDEC1E8F306B|publisher=U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821175511/http://www.fws.gov/news/ShowNews.cfm?ID=07401D8C-0A8F-B153-D150CDEC1E8F306B|archive-date=August 21, 2014|access-date=June 20, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> <ref name="Tulsa">{{Cite journal|last=David Harper|date=October 18, 2013|title=Man Gets Prison Term in Paddlefish 'Caviar' Criminal Case|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/courts/man-gets-prison-term-in-paddlefish-caviar-criminal-case/article_6924b3e0-3866-11e3-be81-0019bb30f31a.html|journal=Tulsa World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917141847/http://www.chattanoogan.com/2009/7/9/154539/Federal-Authorities-Step-in-to-Protect.aspx|archive-date=September 17, 2015|access-date=June 20, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Ikan dayung juga dilindungi di bawah [[CITES]], (Konvensi Perdagangan Internasional Spesies Fauna dan Flora yang Terancam Punah).<ref name="Chattanoogan">{{Cite journal|last=Richard Simms|date=July 9, 2009|title=Federal Authorities Step in to Protect Paddlefish|url=http://www.chattanoogan.com/2009/7/9/154539/Federal-Authorities-Step-in-to-Protect.aspx|journal=The Chattanoogan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150917141847/http://www.chattanoogan.com/2009/7/9/154539/Federal-Authorities-Step-in-to-Protect.aspx|archive-date=September 17, 2015|access-date=June 19, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
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