Caspian countries have extended the moratorium on sturgeon fishing until 2024

Published 2023년 9월 29일

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Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, and Iran have agreed to extend the ban on commercial sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea until 2024. The decision was made at the seventh session of the Commission on the conservation and use of aquatic resources in the Caspian Basin. The Caspian states also plan to increase cooperation, including joint research and conservation efforts for sturgeon species.

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Moscow. September 29. INTERFAX.RU - Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran have extended the moratorium on commercial sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea until 2024. According to Rosrybolovstvo, this is provided for by the protocol of the seventh session of the Commission on the conservation, rational use of aquatic biological resources and management of their joint reserves between the countries of the Caspian Basin. The document was signed at the international fishing forum in St. Petersburg this week. “Today, opening a new page of cooperation between the Caspian states in the field of conservation and rational use of aquatic biological resources of the Caspian Sea, we managed to agree on the extension of the ban on commercial fishing of sturgeon species in the Caspian Sea in 2024,” noted the head of Rosrybolovstvo Ilya Shestakov, quoted in the press. release. The Caspian states also intend to expand cooperation in a number of areas, including in terms of ...

Source: Interfax