![]() Mr Henry said the juveniles given by the University were from a second spawning. In 1999, the University donated a handful of broodstock to the farm, in order for them to focus on rearing and increasing stock numbers of white sturgeon. A while back, the University of Vancouver Island began collecting sturgeon from the Fraser River, for educational purposes. ![]() ![]() White sturgeon can be found in the Fraser Valley, British Colmbia. Having previously produced a number of species, including black cod, salmon and trout, on land and in salt water, Target Marine Hatcheries was presented with the opportunity of producing white sturgeon in 1999. There are around 26 species of sturgeon, all in the Northern hemisphere, the majority of which are now endangered. Reports state that stocks of Beluga sturgeon, which is considered to produce the highest quality caviar, have fallen 95 per cent over the last 20 years. Overfishing and poaching has meant that stocks have seriously diminished. Whilst supply of wild sturgeon has historically come from the Caspian Sea, since around the time of the collapse of the USSR, control of fisheries in this area has been lost. World sturgeon supply has been falling since the early 1990s. Justin Henry (General Manager) and Robert Haines (Operations Manager)
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