Black caviar from Murmansk
The expensive delicacy sturgeon caviar has been produced on the Kola Peninsula for the first time in history. The fish has lived in the spill waters from the Kola Nuclear Power Plant for twelve years.
The company BLK-Fish farms trout and sturgeon in Lake Imandra, in the outlet of the spill waters from the nuclear power plant.
Sturgeon are native to subtropical, temperate and sub-Arctic waters, but the warm waters from the power plant make it possible to farm this valuable fish above the Arctic Circle all year around. The water in the outlet never gets below +8°C in the winter and in the summer it can reach +30°C.
The warm waters make the fish grow faster than it normally does in the wild. Sturgeons usually start spawning after 15 years but the fish in Imandra has produced the first roe after only 12 years, BarentsNova writes.
The rainbow trout at BLK-Fish’s farm reaches the same size in 1.5 years that it would have done in 4-5 years in the wild, the National Institute for System Studies of Entrepreneurship’s web site reads.
The producers assure that the fish is totally safe for consumption and that there is no radiation in the waters.
