Russia: The extraction of black caviar in 2023 will remain banned

The Caspian countries extended the moratorium on sturgeon fishing 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 set export quotas for black caviar in 2023. The catch of sturgeon species in 2023, as before, is planned to be carried out only for research purposes and for the purposes of artificial reproduction. The meeting, which took place on December 19-21, 2022, was attended by representatives of Russia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Republic of Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. The Russian delegation included employees of the Federal Agency for Fishery and the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. Representatives of the Caspian states discussed the implementation of fishing for ...