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Recently, in Iran, special attention is paid to breeding sturgeon fish as a profitable activity, although it is very laborious and time-consuming. Sturgeons are long-lived, late maturing and capable of spawning several times. The biological cycle in nature is somehow dependent on the age of puberty and environmental conditions such as the presence of a suitable place for spawning, water temperature, proper nutrition and lack of pollution, etc. In breeding farms, many of the above characters are under the control and planning of the farms. Breeding of these fishes requires significant capital, necessary knowledge and skills, taking into account appropriate location conditions and necessary equipment (pumps, UV sterilization units, oxygen injection units, mechanical and biological filters, aeration equipment, heaters, fish tanks, etc.) and Experienced staff as well as patience is great. Patience because part of the result of the investment and efforts of breeders, which is the extraction of caviar from this type of fish, lasts for 7 to 14 years.
Lezir Agriculture and Industry Complex, taking into account the existing sensitivities related to the breeding of this type of fish and in line with the resistance economy and production and entrepreneurship, in close coordination with the respected officials of the Iranian Fisheries Organization, especially the General Directorate of Fisheries of Mazandaran Province, by building and launching a fish breeding complex Every year, 50 tons of meat and 1200 kilos of caviar are grown by Khaviari, five species of sturgeon (elephant fish, Qarabron, Ozonebron, Siberian and Asterliad), which in fact, in addition to producing healthy meat and caviar for respectable citizens and exporting the produced products and earning currency. Notably, it has created and continues to create a significant number of direct and indirect jobs.
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