Caspian states extended a ban on commercial fishery of sturgeon in the Caspian Sea for 2022, the Kazakhstan LLP “Scientific and Production Center of Fisheries” reported, Interfax reports.
“Today at the 5th meeting of the Commission on the Conservation, Rational Use of Water Biological Resources, the management of their joint stocks, five Caspian states decided to extend the ban on commercial fishing of sturgeon fish for 2022 and not to install export quota for the ICRA for 2022 Meat of sturgeon species of fish. In 2022, the catch of sturgeon species of fish will be carried out only in research and research purposes and for the purposes of artificial reproduction, “the report of LLP in Facebook said on Tuesday.
According to information, the presiding party – the Republic of Kazakhstan and other Caspian countries (except Turkmenistan) noted that there is a need to establish a ban on a period of at least five years on commercial fishery of sturgeon species.
The Caspian “Five” includes Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan.
Note that the Caspian Sea is the richest water-rich water and species diversity of sturgeon.