Pattern designing a future delineation model of Iranian sturgeon with emphasis on economic exploitation

The present study intends depicting of the future sight of Iranian sturgeon relying on economic utilization. This crucial issue would be necessary to rehabilitate the vanishing stocks of these species in the Caspian Sea and Iranian caviar brand around the world. To achieve this goal, a semi-structured interview was conducted with 20 managers and experts of the specialized agricultural service company at different levels were selected by a targeted method with a maximum difference in their overview. Then, the questionnaire of designing model was implemented. Furthermore, the documents and resources related to sturgeon and caviar, the websites of the Iranian fisheries organization and the specialized agricultural services company was investigated. Afterward, the concepts were identified by analyzing the content of oral and written resources, and they were classified to two principal factors including natural stocks and aquaculture development, six main factors such as management system, enhancement the fry production, restriction of pollution releasing, accentuation on structural issues, emphasizing on scientific-technical issues and standardization, plus 73 sub- factors. In the final stage, validity and reliability of the model were confirmed and a future delineation model of these valuable stocks with emphasis on economic exploitation was designed and presented.