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Following a sharp reduction of sturgeon stocks up to 50-fold in the Caspian and Azov Seas, as well as in another parts of this area, caviar production and the volume of its delivery to the world market has also reduced several-fold and supplies approximately 10% of the demand. In recent years, one of the most intensively developing trends in sturgeon breeding is aquaculture, where the total volume of caviar produced on sturgeon farms in the world has reached a level of more than 13–15t.
However, the long maturation of most species of sturgeons render it more difficult to attract investors for such business. There are several ways to solve the problem: (1) create early-ripening broods and hybrids, (2) use closed water-supply systems, and (3) use the multiple methods of obtaining roe from the same females over their lifetime. These measures reduce the term of return in total asset investments to 5–6 years and high profitability after that time, making caviar-production projects more viable and attractive.
Possible volumes of caviar production through aquaculture in Russia can be expected to reach 20t of caviar by 2010 and up to 50t by 2020. These achievements will be a result of artificial sturgeon reproduction for increasing natural sturgeon stocks in the sea waters of Russia.
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Nikolaev, A.I., Andrianov, D.P., Burtsev, I.A., Kopylenko, L.R., Kotenev, B.N., Safronov, A.S. (2009). International Trade in Caviar and Business Perspectives in Russia. In: Carmona, R., Domezain, A., García-Gallego, M., Hernando, J.A., Rodríguez, F., Ruiz-Rejón, M. (eds) Biology, Conservation and Sustainable Development of Sturgeons. Fish & Fisheries Series, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8437-9_19
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