If you’ve ever shopped for high-quality caviar, you’ve likely come across the term “Malossol” on packaging or in product descriptions. While it may sound like a specific type o …

At first glance, isinglass might sound like an exotic gemstone, but its origins are far more unexpected. Isinglass is a natural, translucent form of collagen derived from the dried swim bladders of fi …

Steelhead and rainbow trout are two names for the same species: Oncorhynchus mykiss. However, their lifestyles set them apart. While rainbow trout remain in freshwater their entire lives, steelhe …

Before ovulation, mature female fish or sturgeon naturally nourish each unfertilized egg with enough vitamins and minerals to create a life-support system for potential offspring. This causes the …

Caviar is considered one of the most expensive delicacies in the world, and with variations like almas white beluga retailing for $25,000 per KG there is no other food on earth valued quite so highly …

What Exactly Is Caviar? Caviar is indeed one of the most luxurious foods in the world. However, the term caviar does not translate simply to "fish eggs". Real caviar comes solely from fish of the …

Ancient Fish - how old are American paddlefish? One of world's oldest filter-feeding fish species is none other than the America paddlefish. Also called Mississippi paddlefish, spoon-bi …

The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (ADCNR) has indefinitely suspended future commercial paddlefish fishing seasons on the Alabama River. Paddlefish mature slowly and have l …

The Caspian Sea is the largest inland body of water in the world, and the largest saltwater lake on Earth. Since it has no outflows (no rivers run out of it), it is not technically a "sea." To this da …

New U.S. taxes on products from China could mean bad news for the caviar industry here in America. Current proposed legislation focused on reducing trade deficits includes a 10% additional tariffs o …

After the eggs are obtained from the fish, there are three common ways caviar is processed to preserve the product and keep its quality for longer. All the methods use salt as the primary agent in c …

Caviar has a reputation for being an expensive product. Although that may hold true for certain types of salted fish roe, there are a growing number of less costly sturgeon caviar alternatives in …