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Making caviar in Ohio

Renee Koerner casts a net as her husband Keith Koerner guides the boat at a lake in southeastern Hamilton County Tuesday February 21, 2017. The couple use the nets to catch paddlefish, that they will harvest the caviar from. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
Renee Koerner casts a net as her husband Keith Koerner guides the boat at a lake in southeastern Hamilton County Tuesday February 21, 2017. The couple use the nets to catch paddlefish, that they will harvest the caviar from. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
The Enquirer/Cara Owsley
Renee Koerner casts a net at a lake in southeastern Hamilton County Tuesday February 21, 2017. Koerner uses the nets to catch paddlefish. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
Renee Koerner casts a net at a lake in southeastern Hamilton County Tuesday February 21, 2017. Koerner uses the nets to catch paddlefish. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
The Enquirer/Cara Owsley
Megan Groves, left, Renee Koerner, and Keith Koerner remove a paddlefish before they harvest the caviar at Big Fish Farms in Bethel Wednesday January 30, 2017. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
Megan Groves, left, Renee Koerner, and Keith Koerner remove a paddlefish before they harvest the caviar at Big Fish Farms in Bethel Wednesday January 30, 2017. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
The Enquirer/Cara Owsley
Keith Koerner of Big Fish Farms in Bethel shows the caviar inside of a paddlefish that will be cleaned and sold to local markets. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
Keith Koerner of Big Fish Farms in Bethel shows the caviar inside of a paddlefish that will be cleaned and sold to local markets. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
The Enquirer/Cara Owsley
Renee Koerner, left, and Megan Groves, screen caviar at Big Fish Farms in Bethel Wednesday January 30, 2017.. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
Renee Koerner, left, and Megan Groves, screen caviar at Big Fish Farms in Bethel Wednesday January 30, 2017.. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
The Enquirer/Cara Owsley
Renee Koerner screens caviar at Big Fish Farms in Bethel Wednesday January 30, 2017. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
Renee Koerner screens caviar at Big Fish Farms in Bethel Wednesday January 30, 2017. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
The Enquirer/Cara Owsley
Caviar freshly harvested from a paddlefish at Big Fish Farms in Bethel Wednesday January 30, 2017. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
Caviar freshly harvested from a paddlefish at Big Fish Farms in Bethel Wednesday January 30, 2017. Ten years ago Koerner founded Big Fish Farms that produces farm-raised paddlefish products. The company sells caviar and the meat to local markets.
The Enquirer/Cara Owsley