In Madagascar, Africa’s first sturgeon farm is producing caviar – and it’s made its way into some of the most prestigious ...

The beluga sturgeon is a large and long-lived species of freshwater fish native to the temperate waters of the Caspian Sea ...

Caviar is a famously expensive delicacy, but it wasn't always that way. This extravagant seafood has a long history with far ...

The population of sturgeons in the Caspian Sea fell 2.5-fold over the last decade to 8 mln species, Kirill Kolonchin said MOSCOW, May 11. /TASS/. The sturgeon population in the Caspian Sea may ...

The threat of extinction In the beginning of the 20th century, Russian fishermen caught up to 40,000 tons of sturgeon annually in the Caspian Sea and the Volga, which, according to some ...

Beneath the surface of the Caspian Sea are an array of fish species, including the Caspian sturgeon, whose roe yields the coveted delicacy known as caviar. Other inhabitants include the Caspian ...

The sea has always been our lifeline ... Red List Assessment in 2022 classified all five species of Caspian sturgeon, except for the sterlet (Acipenser ruthenus), as critically endangered.

By defending our point of view, we should not refer to the ecology of the Caspian Sea or a threat to the sturgeon species,” he said, stressing that Russia was right by legal parameters in the ...

The roe should be firm but soft and moist and never dry. Other considerations: sturgeon populations in the Caspian Sea are under extreme pressure, with breeding stocks of some species critically low.

Oona rivals some of the most famous and sought-after caviars that come from three species of sturgeon — beluga, osertra, and sevruga. An ounce of caviar from beluga sturgeon can cost up to $285.