Ossetra 2009 issue for wild Caspian Caviar production. Farms for breeding sturgeon and caviar are in Iran and Israel; although the religious views of Muslims and Jews do not allow them to eat caviar, as it's not kosher or halal, it doesn't stop these areas from farming fish. A group of companies referred to as Russian Caviar House, exclusively sell and distribute authentic Russian Osetra Caviar due to their affiliation with DIANA Fish Trading, LLC, which manufactures 80% of all legal sturgeon caviar in Russia. On July 17th, Black Caviar Company partnered with Russian Caviar House, following a decade-long halt prohibiting
USS Sterlet (SS-392) On 30 November, the submarine returned to the Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor. Following almost two months in Hawaii, "Sterlet" embarked on her third war patrol on 25 January 1945. Her assigned area was off Honshū, Japan, particularly the area off Tokyo Bay, where she stood lifeguard duty for Fifth Fleet pilots attacking Tokyo. She made reconnaissance sweeps of the Japanese Fleet and patrolled with a "wolfpack" that also included , , , and . During this cruise, she made two torpedo attacks, one each on 1 March and 5 March, and claimed two sinkings, a freighter and a tanker.