Today, on September 26, 2023, the second day of the next 7th meeting of the Commission for the Conservation and Rational Use of Aquatic Biological Resources of the Caspian Sea and the Management of their Joint Reserves is taking place.

The meeting of the intergovernmental Commission will last until September 27, at which the reports of the parties on the use of the catch quota of fish resources, on the reproduction and protection of aquatic biological resources of the Caspian Sea, on the state of aquatic biological resources based on marine scientific research, as well as the approval of joint quotas for the catch of aquatic biological resources for 2024 are presented.

Following the results of today’s meeting, the Commission decided to extend the ban on commercial fishing of sturgeon species in the Caspian Sea.