Ossetra dwells another type of sturgeon, Siberian sturgeon ("Acipenser Baerii"), which is farmed all over the world because it can adapt to a wider range of habitats. It begins to produce caviar faster than "Acipenser gueldenstaedtii". Throughout the entire history of black caviar consumption, reference to Ossetra was made only to the fish that was caught first in Imperial Russia, then the USSR, and now in the Russian Federation. Today, Caspian Ossetra is facing extinction in its native habitat. Farming sturgeon is the only way to continue the production of high-quality caviar. Continuous drastic declines in natural sturgeon populations over the
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