Russia: The Caspian countries have extended the moratorium on sturgeon fishing

Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Iran have extended the moratorium on sturgeon fishing for 2023, and it was also decided not to set export quotas for black caviar in 2023. This is stated in the message of the Federal Agency for Fisheries. "At a meeting of the 6th session of the Commission for the Conservation and Rational Use of Aquatic Biological Resources and the Management of Their Joint Stocks of the Caspian Sea, representatives of the Caspian Five agreed to extend the ban on commercial fishing for sturgeon species for 2023 and not to set export quotas for black caviar in 2023. Catch sturgeon species in 2023, as before, are planned to be carried out only for research purposes and for the purpose of artificial reproduction," the report says. As explained in the Federal Agency for Fisheries, the meeting, which lasted from December 19 to 21, 2022, was attended by representatives of Russia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. The Russian delegation ...