A total of 126 lawbreakers and 44 small vessels were detained during operational-preventive measures conducted across the Caspian Sea waters in October.
Sea-news.az reports that the operations were carried out by the committee’s Border Guard Service in coordination with other state authorities.
During the raids, law enforcement seized 11.5 kilograms of narcotics and 88 kilometers of illegal fishing tackle. A total of 2,337 fish, including sturgeon and other species found tangled in poaching nets, were safely released back into their natural habitat.
The total sum of administrative fines imposed exceeded 4.5 million tenge (approximately 10,000 USD). Prevented economic damage to the state was estimated at more than 840 million tenge (approximately 1.85 million USD).
