During the month of July of the current year, 34 poaching attempts were successfully thwarted in the waters of the Caspian Sea by the Border Service of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan.
Sea-news.az reports that during protection and raid measures carried out at sea, a total of 24.6 kilometers of illegal equipment and nets were confiscated from individuals engaged in illegal fishing.
As a result of the operations, 103 valuable sturgeon fish with a total weight of 580 kilograms were also seized from the poachers.
It is reported that the amount of material damage planned to be inflicted on marine bioresources and prevented exceeds 251 million tenge (approximately $530,000 USD). Patrol control is continuously carried out by the maritime border protection service to prevent the degradation of biodiversity and illegal fishing in the Caspian Sea.
