Sturgeon Aquaculture In British Columbia, Canada

摘要

Aquaculture of high-value white sturgeon is in its early phases in British Columbia, Canada. Although preliminary work began in the 1980s, Target Marine Hatcheries began growing sturgeon commercially in a land-based system around 2000. Given the longtime required to produce caviar, licensed producers are looking at developing markets for value-added products and byproducts based on sturgeon meat. A bottle-neck to further development of sturgeon aquaculture is access to sufficient eggs/fry from a few broodstock of limited genetic background.