Why No Kill?
Fact1: Demand for Caviar continues to grow with the largest producer in the last 5 years being China.
Fact 2: KC Caviar lead the world in producing and promoting "No kill" ethical and sustainable Caviar more than 10 years ago.
Fact 3: The British media backed and supported the break through in Caviar production in particular; Kate Humble with Back to the land and the Hairy Bikers.
Fact 4: Sadly KC remains the only champion for "No Kill" Caviar with traditional producers killing around 3 million sturgeon.
Having seen the traditional methods of Caviar production on two farms, I think it's time that the public are enlightened.
Imagine if you were a 7 year old Baerii sturgeon just reaching puberty and you are caught in a net and dragged from the lake.
The first thing to happen is you are thrown into a dustbin headfirst -The intention being, to break your neck.
Then you are thrown onto a butchers table to be beaten with a baseball bat - The intention being to stun you.
Then you are hung by your tail on a rack while someone cuts your throat to release the blood.
Then you are placed on another butchers table to have a cut from your throat to your vent, before having your ovaries removed then you are thrown for Biofuel.
The KC ethical and sustainable selection process starts 8-9months (pre production) by selecting the fish between 10-15 years old and recording their tag number.
You will have already been through this process before and will have started to fill up with eggs. You will be transferred to an indoor facility with controlled heating, lighting and water quality along with 50-80 of your friends.
Most days the fish manager will come into the tank and start to get to know the individuals, building relationships. A few months down the line he will start lifting you out of the water for a second and checking your tummy. This is to prepare the sturgeon for stripping at a later date!
A couple of days before production you will be given a small injection - which tells the sturgeon's brain that there are males in the area- so prepare for releasing your eggs.
The next day you receive a top up injection and the fish manager will be checking your condition especially your tummy.
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Within minutes of your body starting to release the eggs, the fish manager will lift you from the tank and place you on a V shaped soft bed and start to massage your tummy.
A colleague will catch all your eggs in a sterile bowl and pass these to the production room who will make them into Caviar. The whole process takes between 10-15mins.
You will be placed in a recovery tank for 1-2 hours before joining your friends in a large tank for the next year or two.
The industry will "HATE" me for releasing this information. I have passed this information in the past to the media but the editors always refused to publish.
4 Years ago I stated a project which was called (Sturgeon Preservation & Education Centre) The SPEC. I was not able to get the funding at that time, even though I had found suitable locations in the Yorkshire area. Shortly I will be reviving the project.
The SPEC
When open the (Sturgeon Preservation & Education centre) SPEC will show visitors: the Ethical & Sustainable Caviar production process, Baby sturgeon in the hatchery and growing on tanks, the 70m long, 0ne million litre glass tank housing rare adult sturgeon, the overnight accommodation and fine dining experiences, plus the hands on training for students and apprentice opportunities.
The background.
For centuries, Caviar has been regarded as an expensive culinary delicacy for the rich and powerful although these fish can provide an array of health benefits for everyone. Indeed, modern-day research suggests Caviar can reduce signs of skin aging, improving brain and mental health, preventing heart disease, improving male fertility and supporting the human immune system. All of which can be delivered from eggs of the 250-milliion-year-old Sturgeon fish species if they can survive the growing threat of extinction. However, in 2008 a German institute developed a new process which allowed eggs to be taken from the sturgeon without killing it, enabling the eggs to be made into Caviar whilst retaining the integrity.
Editorial content.
The method was seized upon by this Yorkshire-born entrepreneur, who has had a keen interest in aquaculture since a young age and a former retail business executive, who decided to ‘test’ the commercial viability of the German discovery. He was also inspired by his son’s fascination with the species and his fear for their future. Their conservation project began in 2012 with what amounted to six years of graft spent on research, facilities development, system and process refinements and staff training to launch what became Yorkshire-based KC Caviar, the first “No kill” Caviar facility in the world. Their single-minded goal was to combine German methodology with their own skills and fish husbandry experience to work with and nourish rather than kill Sturgeon to yield the most pure and “green” Caviar on the market
Where will the SPEC be?
We are looking for a 3.5 acre site with good vehicular access.
The building could be a single, 2 or 3 storey new build. Preferably with good access to the motorway network and public transport options.
How will the SPEC help
Humpback whales were almost wiped out 20 years ago, but were saved by the public outcry. The same could happen for Sturgeon. If customers were to ask the question, at restaurants and other outlets "Is your caviar Ethical & sustainable?" The message would work its way back to the Caviar producers
We have already convinced many Caviar producers across Europe to make a small amount of NO Kill Caviar each year to test their market.
Aldi was the first Supermarket to stock No Kill Caviar across their 650 UK stores in 2018.
We have Appeared on several Food documentary programs explaining the difference between traditional and ethical caviar.
Groups of likeminded people around the world are now creating environments where sturgeon can be safely released into the wild.
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