From May 25 to the present day, the researchers of the Atyrau branch of the “RPC of Fisheries” LLP carrying out monitoring studies on the downstream of juvenile sturgeon and semi-anadromous fish species of the Zhaiyk River. 

In the course of trawling from the ship “Amangaliev Duisekesh” during this period, 3 times more juvenile sturgeon species were caught compared to last year. Today, studies confirm that the conditions for the natural reproduction of stellate sturgeon and sterlet have been preserved in the lower reaches of the Zhaiyk River. Research will continue until the end of this month.

The work is carried out within the framework of the project “Ecological and genetic monitoring of sturgeon species of fish of the Zhaiyk-Caspian basin” of the budget program “Complex assessment of the condition of fish resources and other hydrobionts of the main fishing water rezervoirs of Kazakhstan and the development of evidence-based recommendations for their sustainable use””.