Ossetra past 30 years plus a high market demand for caviar have led the way for sturgeon farming, mainly for the production of caviar. Russia, Iran, members of the European Union, China and the USA were among the first; however, for the very same reasons countries outside the natural range of sturgeons also became involved (e.g. Uruguay, Arabian countries, Israel, and more recently Vietnam). Israel is a major producer of Russian Ossetra Caviar ("Acipenser gueldenstaedtii"). Branded as "Karat Caviar" recent exports are now available in the United States in order to meet the demand for caviar since there has been no
HMS Sterlet (2S) HMS Sterlet (2S) HMS "Sterlett" was a second-batch S-class submarine built during the 1930s for the Royal Navy. Completed in 1938, the boat fought in the Second World War. The submarine is one of the 12 boats named in the song "Twelve Little S-Boats". Thus far she has been the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named "Sterlet". The second batch of S-class submarines were designed as slightly improved and enlarged verions of the earlier boats of the class and were intended to operate in the North and Baltic Seas. The submarines had a length of overall, a