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Female fish are the main target for the fishery which utilizes the roe to make lumpfish caviar. [29] Lumpfish are targeted close to the shore, where they come to spawn, using small fishing boats (generally less than 15 m or 49 ft) with large mesh gillnets. [29] Due to the smaller size of the male, very few are caught in the large meshes.
The Cyclopteridae are a family of marine fishes, commonly known as lumpsuckers or lumpfish, in the order Scorpaeniformes. They are found in the cold waters of the Arctic , North Atlantic , and North Pacific oceans.
Eumicrotremus pacificus, sometimes known as the spotted lumpsucker [1] or the balloon lumpfish, [2] is a species of lumpfish native to the Northwest Pacific. It can be found in the Sea of Okhotsk , the Sea of Japan , the East China Sea , and the Pacific Ocean off Hokkaido and the Kuril Islands . [ 3 ]
In the wake of over-fishing, the harvest and sale of black caviar were banned in Russia in 2007. [18] The ban on sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea has led to the development of aquaculture as an economically viable means of commercial caviar production. [19] Russian caviar exports were also banned from 2002 to 2011. [20]
Stenbitsrom, the roe of lumpfish is naturally a bleak unappetizing gray, but is coloured black (to emulate black caviar) or orange (to emulate Löjrom). Stenbitsrom sells in much larger volume than Löjrom, but it has two drawbacks: it tastes of little more than its salt and artificial additives, and the colour additives tend to bleed into ...
An expiration date or expiry date is a previously determined date after which something should no longer be used, either by operation of law or by exceeding the anticipated shelf life for perishable goods. Expiration dates are applied to some food products and other products like infant car seats where the age of the product may affect its safe ...
The Atlantic spiny lumpsucker is a small fish that reaches a maximum length of 13.2 cm (5.2 in). The species appears to be variable in color but typically ranges from brown to dull orange or red.
Cyclopteropsis mcalpini, also known as the Arctic lumpsucker, is a species of lumpfish known only from the Arctic Ocean. It has been found in the Barents Sea and off the coast of northwestern Greenland, where it occurs at a depth range of 109 to 329 m (358 to 1079 ft). It is a small fish, growing to 7.5 cm (3 inches) in total length.