Persian sturgeon
acipenser persicus latin

There are four considerations one must account for when discussing the conservation of the Persian Sturgeon.

The Persian Sturgeon has an elongated, bulky body with a bluish tint.

At approximately age 2-3 years many feed on crabs or fish, and finally in adulthood the Persian sturgeon consumption is primarily fish.

The Persian sturgeon is heterotroph equipped with tactile and gustatory receptors, when feeding it simply sucks in its food.

It is one of the three most important species for caviar along with the Beluga sturgeon and the Persian sturgeon.

The Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) is a critically endangered species of sturgeon.

One such solution to this problem would be governmental or non-governmental subsidies to aid hatcheries in the artificial reproduction of the Persian Sturgeon.

Iran was granted an export quota of 100,000 pounds of Persian sturgeon caviar; a small fraction of former shipments.

Acipenser persicus (Persian sturgeon)

The Persian sturgeon feeds at the shelf zone of the sea, primarily in the eastern part of the South Caspian.

Under the decision, by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, or Cites, Iran will be allowed to export a limited amount of one species, the Persian sturgeon.

Iran is still allowed to export some caviar from the Persian sturgeon, which swims only off Iran, and Cites does not cover domestic trade, which means that trade in sturgeons and caviar is still permitted in local markets.

The Persian sturgeon (Acipenser persicus) is a critically endangered species of sturgeon.

About two-thirds of Iran's caviar production is osetra, much of it from a type of sturgeon, the acipenser persicus, native to the southern Caspian Sea.