Utilizing our unique history, combined with a profound love of our fish and our commitment to sustainability and transparency in seafood–as sturgeon stewardship is part of our mastery—Sterling Caviar seeks to educate consumers on the value of our product. The farmed White Sturgeon at our 5 farms in Northern California, is raised in exceedingly pure water that recirculates using an ozonation process that degrades organic pollutants, ensuring the fish begins its life in optimal conditions. Dissolved ozone is highly effective for nitrite reduction and algae control, thus promoting a very healthy habitat for the fish. They are fed a proportionate balance of both land and sea-based ingredients thus generating a more sustainable food supply for wild fish and oceans. Sterling Caviar shares the recycled water for different eco-friendly purposes such as creating artificial wetlands. Of the 27 wild sturgeon species, only the White Sturgeon and the Lake Sturgeon are considered stable populations with the rest listed as endangered, critically endangered or near extinction. Sterling Caviar has had a fully-domesticated population of worldclass farmed White Sturgeon for over 30 years. By supplying live farmed fish, eggs and tissue samples to biologists at UC Davis, Sterling Caviar aids research to increase the wild sturgeon population even further
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Sterling is a fully-integrated sturgeon and caviar aquafarm with five farms, two hatcheries, and a processing facility in the northern CA. We are the oldest and the largest White Sturgeon aquafarm and caviar producer in the U.S. 1 st farm in the world to successfully grow and harvest farm-raised caviar. Our Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS) technology is ecofriendly and efficiently utilizes resources in a sustainable controlled environment, as we are one of the earliest RAS systems in the last 40 years. Farmed fish is aligned with health, safety, and purity standards (e.g. locally-sourced, hormone-free, antibiotic free) that increasingly drive purchase decisions. The Elverta main facility provides waters for the Natomas Basin Conservancy habitat for many species of wildlife. Our discharge water is the primary source of water for the marsh lands directly adjacent to our property that houses the conservatory for the federally threatened Giant Garter Snake.
Award-Winning Caviar
Royal Caviar won Gold Awards in both the Seafood Category and Product of the Year from the Specialty Food Association sofi™ Awards in 2022. Sterling Caviar white sturgeon is recognized by the Monterey Bay Aquarium as a Seafood Watch “Best Choice”.
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Our Story
Utilizing our unique history, combined with a profound love of our fish and our commitment to sustainability and transparency in seafood–as sturgeon stewardship is part of our mastery—Sterling Caviar seeks to educate consumers on the value of our product. The farmed White Sturgeon at our 5 farms in Northern California, is raised in exceedingly pure water that recirculates using an ozonation process that degrades organic pollutants, ensuring the fish begins its life in optimal conditions. Dissolved ozone is highly effective for nitrite reduction and algae control, thus promoting a very healthy habitat for the fish. They are fed a proportionate balance of both land and sea-based ingredients thus generating a more sustainable food supply for wild fish and oceans. Sterling Caviar shares the recycled water for different eco-friendly purposes such as creating artificial wetlands. Of the 27 wild sturgeon species, only the White Sturgeon and the Lake Sturgeon are considered stable populations with the rest listed as endangered, critically endangered or near extinction. Sterling Caviar has had a fully-domesticated population of worldclass farmed White Sturgeon for over 30 years. By supplying live farmed fish, eggs and tissue samples to biologists at UC Davis, Sterling Caviar aids research to increase the wild sturgeon population even further
OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Sterling is a fully-integrated sturgeon and caviar aquafarm with five farms, two hatcheries, and a processing facility in the northern CA. We are the oldest and the largest White Sturgeon aquafarm and caviar producer in the U.S. 1 st farm in the world to successfully grow and harvest farm-raised caviar. Our Recirculation Aquaculture System (RAS) technology is ecofriendly and efficiently utilizes resources in a sustainable controlled environment, as we are one of the earliest RAS systems in the last 40 years. Farmed fish is aligned with health, safety, and purity standards (e.g. locally-sourced, hormone-free, antibiotic free) that increasingly drive purchase decisions. The Elverta main facility provides waters for the Natomas Basin Conservancy habitat for many species of wildlife. Our discharge water is the primary source of water for the marsh lands directly adjacent to our property that houses the conservatory for the federally threatened Giant Garter Snake.
Award-Winning Caviar
Royal Caviar won Gold Awards in both the Seafood Category and Product of the Year from the Specialty Food Association sofi™ Awards in 2022. Sterling Caviar white sturgeon is recognized by the Monterey Bay Aquarium as a Seafood Watch “Best Choice”.