Sturgeon Transport

Beginning on June 6, 2003 Sturgeon Aquafarms, LLC brought 13 shipments of live sturgeon - beluga, osetra, and sevruga sturgeon, all product of aquaculture - into the United States. Because of detailed research and cooperation with sturgeon scientists in various countries, multiple trial runs and lengthy preparations that took several months, the fish mortality during transportation was 0%. Currently the fish are being kept at the Evans Farm in Pierson, Florida and will serve as broodstock for the planned aquafarm. Today at the Evans Farm SAF has over 1000 sevruga, 30 of which are sexually mature. The company also has 10 adult Russian and 70 adult beluga sturgeon.

Future plans of Sturgeon Aquafarms, LLC include importing representatives of all 27 existing types of sturgeon to its Florida facility in order to preserve the gene bank of sturgeon and to have genetic samples of different members of these ancient species on hand.

To see pictures of the sturgeon transport to the Evans Farm in Pierson, please click here.

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