3 August 2023 during the research fishing by employees of the laboratory of ichthyology LLP “Scientific and Production Centre of Fisheries” (head of the expedition team Makambetov S.J., senior researcher Ablaisanova G.M., junior researcher Bakkozha J.M.) on the left bank of Kapshagayskogo reservoir in the area of 23 fish plot caught 1 specimen of spike 7.0 kg during the implementation of research on the project PCF “Study of populations of rare and endangered fish species and alien hydrobionts in order to develop recommendations for artificial reproduction of rare species and prevent the spread of alien species of fish and other hydrobionts”. 

Scientific research fishing of spike is carried out according to the issued Permit of the Committee of Fishery of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 04.04.2023 (№KZ24VEP00146656) for scientific research. 

  Reference: The spike (Acipenser nudiventris Lovetsky, 1828) belongs to the sturgeon family, a rare and valuable fish species. Two populations of the species (Aral and Balkhash populations) are listed in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Kazakhstan in category I as endangered populations. Ship is also listed in the Red List of the International Union for the Conservation of Wildlife (IUCN 1994) as Critically Endangered (CR): A2cde