Sorting Siberian sturgeon for export – Rutikvere mõisa Kalakasvandus

It was a busy day at the Rutikvere fish farm: we sorted Siberian sturgeon for export. A total of 3,500 kg of fish raised in Järva County is going to Spain.

Transport tank for sturgeon — Veiko Saluste with sorted sturgeon in the transport tank.

Netting sturgeon from the pool — The fish are carefully netted from the pool.

How the sorting works

The fish are netted from the pool with care so they are not injured.
Each fish is checked on the sorting table, and an ultrasound scan shows whether it carries roe. This lets us group the females with roe separately.
The fish are graded by size according to the buyer’s requirements.
Fish selected for export are moved to a separate pool to rest before the journey.
Smaller fish go back to the rearing pool to keep growing.

Checking a sturgeon on the sorting table — An ultrasound scan shows whether the sturgeon carries roe.

Sorted Siberian sturgeon going into a cart — An ultrasound scan shows whether the sturgeon carries roe.

What’s next

The export batch undergoes a veterinary inspection and receives a health certificate, and then the journey to Spain begins.

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