Siberian Caviar Comes In From The Cold

Long associated with wealth, indulgence and gourmet eating, caviar is considered the ultimate luxury food. For years Iran and the Soviet Union were the only major exporters of caviar, as the best caviar comes from the Caspian variety of sturgeon fish. In the 1960s and 1970s, a combination of over-fishing and pollution drastically reduced the stock of sturgeon, causing stock to dwindle and prices to skyrocket. In the early 1990s the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence of various independent Caspian states meant that over-fishing once again became a major international concern. By the mid-1990s a combination of

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