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A research professor of fisheries at the University of Georgia is retiring as he is accused of profiting from the sale of caviar harvested from campus-owned sturgeon, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. The university reportedly sells caviar from its Siberian sturgeon, and the professor, Douglas Peterson, allegedly added a consulting fee to each sale. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, which is investigating Peterson, also says that he used a university boat at the Florida vacation home he shared with his wife, another Georgia professor.
Peterson said that the situation was a misunderstanding that he’d already resolved with the university, and that he always believed what he did was “acceptable,” since Georgia received a fair price for the caviar, according to the Banner-Herald. Court documents show that Peterson had previously been warned by the university that a profit-sharing agreement was not acceptable, since Georgia assumed all overhead costs for its sustainable caviar production model and Peterson had been a salaried employee since the project’s inception. No arrests have been made.
