Intelligence
Champagne wishes: Breakthrough in Japan may make caviar cheaper
A new technique for sturgeon farming developed by Kindai University could greatly benefit Japan’s fledgling caviar industry.
Responsibility
Sturgeon aquaculture and conservation trends
Reviewing the main innovative applications in sturgeon aquaculture and conservation, and the research needed for production and management programs.
Intelligence
The great potential for aquaculture in southern Russia
Southern Russia has potential to further develop aquaculture with new production technologies and new species like catfish, pike-perch, tilapia and sturgeon.
Innovation & Investment
Developments in closed-containment technologies for salmonids, part 1
The recent 2017 Aquaculture Innovation Workshop in Vancouver brought together numerous stakeholders involved in and interested in fish farming – particularly salmonids – in the growing industry of closed-containment systems.
Intelligence
As sturgeon farming grows, demand concerns emerge
Caviar, or lightly salted sturgeon roe, has been enjoyed for centuries as an expensive gourmet delicacy. After a drastic decline in wild sturgeon stocks, aquaculture stepped in to fill the void. But can farmed supply find lasting balance with market demand?
Innovation & Investment
Sturgeon aquaculture in British Columbia: Are we there yet?
Aquaculture of high-value white sturgeon is in its early phases in British Columbia, Canada. Given the long time required to produce caviar, licensed producers are looking at developing markets for value-added products and byproducts based on sturgeon meat.
Responsibility
The Fishery: One farm, one fish at a time
The Fishery is an inland farm in California that raises largemouth bass, carp, sturgeon and catfish in a recirculating system that minimizes water use.
Health & Welfare
Artemia bioencapsulation delivers probiotics via digestive tracts of fish larvae
Research with sturgeon and carp species indicated that encapsulated artemia has high potential to carry probiotics or other beneficial microorganisms.
Health & Welfare
Ultrasound helps stage sturgeons for caviar production
Biopsies and polarization index measurements of mature sturgeons are highly variable and not always accurate in indicating egg maturity. Ultrasonic imaging offers a simple, less time-consuming and reliable alternative for evaluating sturgeons’ sex and oocyte maturity.
Health & Welfare
Aquaculture in Armenia
Fish farms in Armenia have developed a diversified product base that includes value-added, ready-to-eat foods for export, as well as live and processed fish for domestic markets.