“Abu Dhabi is an ideal location for distribution of the world’s growing markets for high-quality caviar and sturgeon fillet. In fact, in the UAE alone, demand is around 14 tonnes per year,” said Robert Harper, Group Commercial Director at the Royal Caviar Company.

The first stock of fish was brought in to the United Arab Emirates from Germany and the factory, which will breed its own fish in future, aims eventually to produce 35 tonnes of caviar per year.

In the 50,000-square-metre (538,000 square feet) factory, in the Abu Dhabi’s industrial zone, special equipment is used to clean water using a biological filtration system with a semi-automated feeding system.