Alaskan Salmon Roe Exports Finding Lucrative Market Demand Outside of Japan (Fish Radio)
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Fish Radio with Laine Welch] January 19, 2014
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Steve Reifenstuhl is general manager for Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association-
“In the last 20 years roe from chum salmon and from pink salmon has had a huge demand and has grown significantly, particularly in Eastern Europe, not so much in the United States. But, of course, it’s been a delicacy in Japan for decades. But that demand has spread across the world as the world has come to know that product of ikura, chum caviar, and it’s a high in protein, high in fat, it’s a delicacy. I love it myself.”
Roe makes up a huge part of Alaska salmon market...
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