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[Russia] Black caviar exports to be cut dramatically
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Others
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Trade
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2001.12.06
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The Caspian littoral states, including Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and
Turkmenistan (but not Iran) may stop exporting black caviar in 2002.
The new session of the intergovernmental fisheries commission, which
includes representatives of the fisheries agencies of Russia, Azerbaijan,
Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan, opened in Astrakhan on Wednesday, the
information center of the Russian State Fisheries Committee told Interfax.
Representatives of Iran are expected to take part in the session as
observers.
The session participants intend to determine the volumes of the quotas for
seafood catches in the Caspian Sea in 2002, in particular Caspian herring,
sprat, and seals, the information center said.
According to the Caspian Fisheries Research Institute, the Caspian Sea's
seafood resources are "in good condition," except for sturgeon, the State
Fisheries Committee said.
As for sturgeon, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have
decided to heed the recommendations of the Permanent Committee of the
International Convention on Nature Protection and Wildlife Preservation,
and declare a moratorium on industrial fishing of sturgeon in the Caspian
Sea and the production and export of black caviar in 2002.
At the same time, the session participants are expected to determine the
quotas for the catch of sturgeon for research purposes for plants that
breed young sturgeon, beluga and sevruga.
According to State Fisheries Committee experts, Russia's quotas for the
sturgeon catch in the Volga delta in 2002 may be set at up to 200 tonnes
to ensure normal operations of the fish-breeding plants, which breed and
let into the sea up to 50 million sturgeon fry annually, which is almost
1.5 times as many as the fisheries of the other littoral states taken
together.
FIS(2001/12/6)
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