Fake caviar is made of a kind of dough and distributed with color, jelly and flavors instead of original caviar. This product does not come from sturgeon and their eggs, and is inadequate in many caviar and curative properties. Despite the fact that Iranian caviar has been in recession for the last 20 years, the problem of smuggling Oviar has been added. Fake, which comes to Iran more than Spain, Japan, Azerbaijan and other Central Asian countries, not only exacerbates the recession, which undermines the credibility of Iranian caviar in international markets.
In the 1960s, about 200 tons of caviar were produced in the country, but now it has fallen to 10 tons per year. The birth rate of sturgeon species has also decreased significantly during this period.
Over the past decades, 3% of sturgeon species have become mature and ready to harvest caviar, but now this rate has returned to 0.01%. The pollution of the rivers, which is the sturgeon’s passageway, has led to a 300-fold decrease in sturgeon production.
About 90% of the world’s sturgeon caviar comes from the Caspian Sea, and Iran produces 45% of this amount. Black caviar in Iran is priced at 20 times more than caviar because it comes from free fish.
It can be said that every kilo of caviar produced in Iran is about 30 to 40 barrels of oil in Iran and it is considered a significant export capacity. Half of the country’s caviar is produced in Golestan province. Golestan has 3 sturgeon processing center, which is recognized according to EU standards. However, the province has been distancing from the golden years of caviar production. According to the Director General of Golestan Fisheries, in 2010, 120 tons of caviar were produced in this province, but caviar production in Golestan has now reached 3.6 tons per year. From the beginning of the year to the end of this year, only 650 kilograms of caviar were collected in Golestan, which is as much as caviar production in the same period last year. Hunting over illegal and illegal trafficking, building dam and bridge on the rivers, destroying sites of oviposition and environmental contaminations, sturgeon sturgeons of Iran, dubbed the “living fossils” of the Caspian Sea dating back to 250 million years ago, Has been at risk of extinction. “In Golestan Province, heavy-duty smugglers go to the maritime borders of neighboring countries, buying caviar cheaply, and directing them to the domestic market through the underground,” said the commander of the Iranian Fisheries Aquatic Resources Conservation Unit. Due to the weakness in dealing with unauthorized fishermen and smugglers, the number of sturgeon species of the Caspian Sea has reached the limit of the crisis. “He added:” According to the researches of the Iranian Fisheries Research Institute, if the situation continues until 1400, the effect of caviar and whitefish Will not stay. ”
According to the commander of the Aquatic Resource Unit, catching any sturgeon fish for a trafficker will benefit from 50 million tomans, but 50 billion tomans will damage the country. The sale of sturgeon is another reason to weaken Iranian caviar production. Representative of the Gorgan people in parliament announced that due to the protocol signed by Iran with other countries of the Caspian Sea, the export of natural caviar is prohibited in these countries. According to the MP, 4.5 tons of caviar worth 12 million euros were left in storage for that reason. In the conversation with Hamshahri,: “The Ministry of Jihad-e-Agriculture has not yet reported on the caged caviar.
