MOSCOW, July 12 (AVN) - The naval guard of the Federal Border Guard Service (FBGS) is capable to put an end to commercial fishing of sturgeons in the northern part of the Caspian Sea starting from July 20 this year, a spokesman for the FBGS told the Military News Agency on Thursday.
The spokesman was asked to comment on the statement of Anatoly Makoyedov, deputy chairman of the Russian state fishing committee, made earlier in the day.
There is almost no commercial fishing of sturgeons in that part of the sea this year, the spokesman said. The only on-going fishing is the taking of small fry sturgeons for breeding and the limited taking of those fishes for scientific needs. The rest of the fishing at the sea is done by poachers.
Naval guards and the state naval inspection are permanently patrolling the fishing areas to prevent poacher actions. FBGS authorities plan to strengthen means and forces given for the sea biological resources protection in the Caspian Sea. An interdepartmental working group will leave for the area to help border guards and the state naval inspection organise and carry out the protection.
The Putina operation will take place in August and September will see the session of officials from the FBGS, Interior Ministry, Federal Security Service, state naval fishing committee and state customs committee on co-operation in the sphere of the Caspian Sea naval treasures protection. Moreover, the officials plan to take special measures to provide state security to those operating in the environment protection sphere.
The decision to stop getting surgeons in the area was made at the recommendation of the Convention on International Trade in Enlarged Species' permament committee. It is motivated by the fall in the number of those fishes.