Roe are the eggs from fish, crustaceans, and mollusks. The eggs contain the germ of the next generation along with a lunch bag of nutrients for the offspring. Roe are also food for other animals in and around the sea, as well as for humans. Roe can be eggs from sturgeon but is also much more than caviar. The book therefore also deals Preface1 with the roe we call kaviar from other fish species …