Caviar is a luxury food item that is usually consumed as an appetizer. Traditionally, roefrom the wild sturgeon found in the Caspian and Black seas are termed caviar. The roe from other species of fish such as paddlefish, salmon, and others are considered substitutes of caviar. The main varieties of sturgeon that are harvested for caviar are Beluga, sterlet, Ossetra, and Sevruga. The fish eggs can be fresh or pasteurized.However, the pasteurized variety has lower economic as well as culinary value.Because of overfishing of sturgeon for caviar production, most species of the fish are becoming extinct and have been declared as endangered species or rated vulnerable in the IUCN Red List of endangered species. From 2006, there has been a ban on the trade of wild caviar. Owing to the ban imposed on the fishing of sturgeon, players in the market have resorted to aquaculture to develop sturgeon for caviar production. The players are also investing in developing new methods to extract caviar without killing the fish.

PART 01: Executive summary ............................................ 5
PART 02: Scope of the report .......................................... 16
PART 03: Research Methodology..................................... 21
PART 04: Introduction ....................................................... 24
Key market highlights 24
PART 05: Market landscape .............................................. 26
Market overview 26
Global fish and seafood market 26
Global caviar market 27
Five forces analysis 28
PART 06: Market segmentation by product ..................... 29
Global caviar market by product 29
Global inorganic caviar market 29
Global organic caviar market 30
PART 07: Market segmentation by distribution channel 31
Global caviar market by distribution channel 31
PART 08: Geographical segmentation ............................. 33
Global caviar market by geography 33
Caviar market in EMEA 33
Caviar market in Americas 34
Caviar market in APAC 35
PART 09: Key leading countries ....................................... 37
US 38
China 39
Russia 40
Italy 41
Japan 42
PART 10: Decision framework .......................................... 43
PART 11: Drivers and challenges ..................................... 45
Market drivers 46
Impact of drivers on key customer segments 48
Market challenges 49
Impact of challenges on key customer segments 51
PART 12: Market trends .................................................... 52
Growing prominence of aquaculture sturgeon caviar 52
Organic caviar 53
Increasing illegal trade of caviar 53
PART 13: Vendor landscape ............................................. 54
Competitive scenario 54
Agroittica Lombarda 56
California Caviar Company 57
Caviar de France 58
Hangzhou Qiandaohu Xunlong Sci-Tech 59
Sterling Caviar 59
Other prominent vendors 60
PART 14: Appendix ........................................................... 63
List of abbreviations 63
PART 15: Explore Technavio ............................................ 64