Azerbaijan to host 33rd meeting of Caspian Sea Aquatic Bio-resources Commission
Baku, April 19 (AZERTAC). The 33rd meeting of the Commission on Aquatic Bio-resources of the Caspian Sea will be held in Baku under chairmanship of the Azerbaijani side on April 24-25.
The participants will give information on the embezzlement of fishing quotas, work done on artificial fish-breeding and protection of fish resources in 2011-2012, submit reports on the current status of fish stocks as a result of marine expeditions and scientific-researches, consider total allowable catch of aquatic bio-resources in the Caspian Sea and its national distribution.
The moratorium on commercial fishing of sturgeons will also be discussed at the meeting. The Kazakh president proposed the moratorium on commercial fishing of sturgeons at the summit in Baku on November 18, 2010 and it was approved by the Presidents of the Caspian littoral states.
The draft agreement on moratorium on sturgeon fishing offered by Russia will be put up for discussion.
The Commission will also discuss the draft agreement on “Conservation and sustainable use of biological resources of the Caspian Sea” proposed by Turkmenistan.
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