Operating a $10 Million Caviar Farm: Insights from Marshallberg Farm

Marshallberg Farm in Smyrna, N.C., produces Osetra caviar. It cost them $10 million to build out and stock this facility to keep their fish living in indoor tanks, and their annual operating cost for necessities like feed, water and oxygen is about $500,000.

WSJ visited the sustainable farm to see how they raise 20,000 sturgeon until they are harvested for caviar production, which can take up to 10 years.

0:00 How much caviar can a single Osetra sturgeon produce?
0:45 How the farm keeps around 20,000 sturgeon alive
2:05 Why the fish are sorted by gender
2:55 How to tell which fish will produce caviar
4:58 How the sturgeons’ roe are harvested for caviar
6:41 Marshallberg Farm’s learning curve for producing Osetra caviar

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