Show Russian Failure to Ship Fresh Caviar I Opens a a Market for Ontario Ontario men Fishermen BOSTON Caviar Caviar the delight of the cosmopolitan gourmet for which the lesser epicure must definitely ac ac- acquire acquire ac- ac acquire quire a taste has become black gold to the fishermen of northern Ontario since shipments from Rus Rus- Russia Russia sia chief chiet source of caviar supply have been curtailed for the duration With the price of caviar soaring so ring to three dollars a pound as as' as it is taken from the sturgeon and one dollar per ounce by the time it reaches the consumer the Ontario fishermen have been quick to set ad additional d. d nets in the northern lakes and rivers to meet the demand Bearing out the adage that Its an ill wind that tha t blows no good the new activity is attracting many tourists to the fisheries of the north The Ontario Indians usually ways also share In the boom When the fish is dressed they get the head an an Ojibway delicacy when cooked as we cook a pigs pig's head head and and with the increased activity of the fisher fisher- fisheries fisheries ies les every day is feast day Like the moose another mother native of northern Ontario the sturgeon Is also pre historic in appearance a strange thing left from an age when living things were large and ugly The sturgeon has from 11 to 13 booy bony plates on its back and about as many of these hard bony armor shields on each side In the northern lakes sturgeon are taken in traps having nets several hundred yards long stretched across a a lake or river river and leading the fish into a circular net from which they I are taken by the fishermen Thus the sturgeon fishermen of the I lakes constantly hope for high winds to move the fish into their traps Four or five fish taken in a haul although a highly profitable prof ta le catch catchin in the present market Is consid consid- considered considered considered ered a poor take When a high wind blows the catch is always bet bet- better better ter and with caviar selling for more than twice as s much as fine silver caviar per ounce to consumer er fine silver 42 per ounce the large fish are well named black gold Because the roe is highly perish perish- perishable perishable able and must be be- treated by the fishermen immediately after the sturgeon sturgeon sturgeon geon Is dressed rather than shipped to market raw converting it into caviar is an art that is handed down from father to son son and held just as much a secret as a chefs chef's formula for a favorite sauce The result is that some fishermen get twice as much as others for their caviar be be- because because because cause of the manner in which they th y treat it The female fish will produce about 20 pounds of roe roc netting fisher fisher- nn m n up to 3 per pound |