Storione

This large fish, common to the Black and Caspian Seas, used to live in the River Po in Italy. Now, because of pollution however, they have died out there. The sturgeon is valued both for its eggs, which are eaten as caviar, and its fatty but very delicate flesh. In Sicily, farmed sturgeon are delicately smoked. The largest sturgeon is known as beluga in Russia and can reach up to 8 metres (33 ft) in length and about 1,000 kg (1 ton) in weight. Imagine how much caviar it can produce. The flesh of the smaller sturgeon, about 3 kg (6½ lb), is eaten grilled, fried, stewed, baked and steamed accompanied with various sauces.