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The Caspian Sea coast (file photo) (Courtesy Photo) April 13, 2007 (RFE/RL) -- Hundreds of dead seals have washed up on Kazakhstan's Caspian Sea coast in the past two weeks. The cause is still a ...
Beluga sturgeon in the Caspian Sea have been reclassified as "critically endangered" placing them on IUCN's Red List, providing strong evidence that fishing and international trade should be ...
Ten years ago, a voracious species of plankton-eating jellyfish appeared in the Caspian Sea, posing a serious threat to already declining fish stocks. One potential solution might be introducing a ...
There are 55 species of fish, including beluga, sturgeon, stellate sturgeon, whitefish, herring, mullet, pike perch and others, in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea, according to Neutral ...
"Fish and plant species found only in the Caspian Sea have reached the stage of complete extinction," he said, according to Anadolu. "The Caspian sturgeon, which is 200 million years old, has ...
Among the bony fish, valuable species such as Caspian trout, freshwater bream, and Perch are not accessible, and if the breeding and release of Kuttum and Grey mullet were not done, the cooperatives ...
The Caspian Sea is home to the endangered Caspian seal and six species of sturgeon, as well as hundreds of species of fish and invertebrates found nowhere else.
The sea is drying up, but more alarmingly, its biodiversity is collapsing.” Disappear. The list of endangered species is long. Well-known for their expensive caviar, all six sturgeon species found in ...
Four species of fish that swim the rivers and seas that straddle the space between Europe and Asia will be added to the endangered list if a proposal circulated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...
Hundreds of dead seals have washed up on Kazakhstan's Caspian Sea coast in the past two weeks. The cause is still a mystery, but it is a blow to the already dwindling Caspian seal (Phoca caspica).
The Caspian Sea is home to the endangered Caspian seal and six species of sturgeon, as well as hundreds of species of fish and invertebrates found nowhere else.