In the Mangistau region of Kazakhstan, about 300 dead seals were discovered. On the shores of the Caspian Sea, the number of dead seals is growing, reports Kazinform.
from October 24 to 29, employees of Zhayyk-Caspian inter-regional basin inspection of fishing, together with representatives of the Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, discovered carcasses of 289 seals during monitoring on the coast of the Caspian Sea.
According to the acting head of the Mangistau regional inspection of the fishing economy Andrei Rutsky, monitoring of the coastal zone continues. Representatives of local executive bodies and the Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, a branch of the Republican Association of Fisheries and Aquaculture Qazaq Balyk work there. According to him, the causes of the death of seals will become known after the relevant laboratory tests.
previously reported the discovery of more than 150 dead seals off the coast of the Caspian.
Earlier, in May, the ecologist Adilbek Kozybakov said that the seals at the Caspian are dying due to the lack of real control.
Caspian seal was entered in the Red Book of Kazakhstan in 2020.