52 SEPTEMBER 2015 • WORLD AQUACULTURE • WWW.WAS.ORG Sturgeon is an ideal aquaculture target, with rapid growth, ease of culture, efficient feed conversion, no bones, easy processing, good taste and a wide diversity of products. Sturgeon aquaculture and the market will surely expand further. Sturgeon caviar is a very special food, with a very specific consumer sector. It will be difficult to reach the historically high production levels of cultured caviar obtained in the past and high-quality cultured caviar is difficult to produce. International caviar is the demand market of the coming decades (Bronzi et al. 2011). Ultimately farmed sturgeon caviar will completely replace wild sturgeon caviar. Sturgeon products will be diversified, the sector will become more specialized, trending toward a mature sturgeon industry. The current difficulties of the sturgeon industry are temporary. If done properly, the sturgeon industry will have few obstacles. Notes Qiwei Wei and Ping Li, Key Laboratory of Freshwater Biodiversity Conservation, Ministry of Agriculture of China, Yangtze River Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, No.8, 1st Wudayuan Road, Donghu Hi-tech Development Zone, Wuhan 430223, China Tel: +86 (0)27 8178 0118; Email: weiqw@yfi.ac.cn References Bronzi, P., H. Rosenthal and J. Gessner. 2011. Global sturgeon aquaculture production: an overview. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27:169-175. Li, R. Y. Zou and Q. Wei. 2009. Sturgeon aquaculture in China: status of current difficulties as well as future strategies based on 2002 - 2006 / 2007 surveys in eleven provinces. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 25:632-639. Shen, L., Y. Shi, Y. Zou, X. Zhou and Q. Wei. 2014. Sturgeon Aquaculture in China: status, challenge and proposals based on nation-wide surveys of 20102012. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 30(6):1547-1551. Wei, Q. F. Ke, J. Zhang, P. Zhuang, J. Luo, R. Zhou and W. Yang. 1997. Biology, fisheries, and conservation of sturgeons and paddlefish in China. Environmental Biology of Fishes 48:241255. Wei, Q., J. He, D. Yang, W. Zheng and L. Li. 2004. Status of sturgeon aquaculture and sturgeon trade in China: a review based on two recent nationwide surveys. Journal of Applied Ichthyology 20(S1):321-332. Wei, Q., Y. Zou, P. Li and L. Li. 2011. Sturgeon aquaculture in China: progress, strategies and prospects assessed on the basis of nation-wide surveys (2007-2009). Journal of Applied Ichthyology 27:162-168. SPONSOR A SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE BURSARY For more information contact elearning@5mpublishing.com View our range of courses at www.thefishsite.com/learn Please quote WAS when you contact us SUPPORT YOUR TEAM & STRENGTHEN YOUR COMPETITIVE EDGE
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