RMR: Rick and Acadian Caviar

Rick tours the facilities at Acadian Sturgeon and Caviar in Carters Point, NB.

[@RabidAaron]

I love that little awkward laugh Rick gets after he says he's taking the 1.8 kg container. Hahaha... no you're not.

[@camkinz100]

To be fair, wouldn't he have to take it? It's not like they can repackage it, he's already had some to eat.

[@JasmineJu]

You should have seen him trying to take a gold bar.

[@stupidTRISTEN]

I was at this taping live, Rick's a very funny guy, very much enjoyed the show.

[@carrickbender]

from this alaska fisherman, who has a serious love of roe of any kind, you are doing what we call "the Lord's work". And from one harvester of wild and sustainable products to another, we need to spread this idea around the world.

[@cornelceapa1603]

+carrickbender This comment is very kind and true... Fish roe are amazing! People need to be educated and encouraged to step out of their box. Thank you very much and all the best!

[@nackgiesey3450]

Must.Find.Smoked.Sturgeon!

[@cornelceapa1603]

+nack giesey Costco.ca

[@cornelceapa1603]

As always there is not only black and white but a lot of grey in between... For both questions - dams and restocking - there are many arguments on both sides. Fact is, we need to analyze scientifically, economically, socially all the impacts and choose the solution with the lowest impact, socially (and many times politically) acceptable, and try to mitigate what we cannot avoid... For sturgeon dams are the end! No fish passages are possible, the ecosystem is completely transformed from river to lake etc... As for restocking I do not avocate to do it in the last moment after they dissapeared, I say that we should first make sure we try to keep the natural spawning possible to maintain the genetic diversity etc and only do the restocking when there is no natural recruitment and even then very carefully and scientifically designed... Lots to talk about environmental impacts, I believe we do better now than in the past but conversation should continue to improve... Thanks!

[@nickdawn3985]

Looks good but it's not wild if they grow on a farm, that's Farmed caviar.

[@cornelceapa1603]

We do both wild and farmed. Two separate lines of products, both sustainable.

[@benjaminyaong]

I am checking costco.ca

[@darlenesmith1432]

Are these GMO fish??

[@cornelceapa1603]

+Darlene Smith Nope, they are either wild or naturally spawned from local indigenous sturgeon species that live here in Saint John River, New Brunswick, Canada!

[@darlenesmith1432]

really,thats good to know! We already have GMO fish that are grown in PEI

[@dezza2001]

+Darlene Smith and I actually find the GMO fish tastes so much better.

[@Chuck59ish]

The reason they're restocking the Baltic is that DFO under the Harper government wouldn't let release Atlantic sturgeon into Canadian waters. Pretty stupid, but that was the Harper government.

[@cornelceapa1603]

+Charles Damery I do agree that Harper's government environment related performance was bad, but in this case releasing Atlantic sturgeon in Canadian waters would have been unnecessary and moreover bad for the environment! Restocking is playing God (and it does not work too well...) and we should not do it unless populations were overfished or we destroyed or reduced natural spawning habitat (like for example in BC with white sturgeon having so many damns on the rivers). We do not need restocking on St. John River because the population is sustainable and very well managed (actually is increasing significantly!) and also they do reproduce naturally at a very high rate!

[@patrickbabineau3978]

+Cornel Ceapa what is wrong with a lot of dams especially if they produce clean affordable and non-polluting energy? isn't that better than nuclear power or the horribly polluting coal-burning plants or other forms of energy? I think Dan should be replaced but only after we have fully gotten rid of all the other polluting energy sources wouldn't that make more sense? and I don't think it's wrong to restock we don't have to wait until the fish are almost extinct to do that that's kind of extremism. and as an environmentalist I think we should never be extreme or unreasonable if we want to win in the long run.

[@Neiwun]

As always there is not only black and white but a lot of grey in between... For both questions - dams and restocking - there are many arguments on both sides. Fact is, we need to analyze scientifically, economically, socially all the impacts and choose the solution with the lowest impact, socially (and many times politically) acceptable, and try to mitigate what we cannot avoid... For sturgeon dams are the end! No fish passages are possible, the ecosystem is completely transformed from river to lake etc... As for restocking I do not avocate to do it in the last moment after they dissapeared, I say that we should first make sure we try to keep the natural spawning possible to maintain the genetic diversity etc and only do the restocking when there is no natural recruitment and even then very carefully and scientifically designed... Lots to talk about environmental impacts, I believe we do better now than in the past but conversation should continue to improve... Thanks!

[@Chuck59ish]

In New Brunswick a sturgeon cavier compamy went under because of American laws and because the DFO would let them release the 10,000 sturgeon they had as breeding into the New Brunswick rivers, they were all killed and sent to landfills. No processing allowed at all. In fact was this company.

[@Neiwun]

The truth about this is more complicated about this company... American laws are like they were since 1967, no new thing... Also, processing was allowed but quality and market was not there... Releasing would have been a bad decission for the Saitn John river, believe me I am a biologist and have examples of this going really wrong... Long story... Media only shares what they are told..

[@josephsummers2427]

About $7,000 per kg. $3,200 per lbs. $7 per gram!

[@cornelceapa1603]

Nope, at costco.ca our caviar is $1800 per kg (including delivery), CAD$81.99 per 30 g and one regular portion size being 5-10 g per person this is $13.50-20.50 per person, equivalent of 1 or 2 glasses of wine in a restaurant! Caviar is a treat not a luxury, a special food for special occasions!