Caviar Producing Sturgeon Disappearing from The Caspian Sea
Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: Iranian wildlife experts such as Professor Asghar Abdoli of Beheshti University are now warning that caviar producing fish such as sturgeon are disappearing on the Iranian side of Caspian sea. The ecological catastrophe is blamed on over fishing and environmental damage caused by diversion of rivers to agricultural land, as well as contamination by industrial effluent.
In recent years tilapia has been raised in Iranian waters and fisheries. But experts believe the aggressive growth of tilapia has further harmed the population of other fish species.
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, variously classed as the world's largest lake or a full-fledged sea. U.S. diplomatic cables disclosed by WikiLeaks revealed that BP covered up a gas leak and blowout incident in September 2008 at an operating gas field in the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshi area of the Azerbaijan Caspian Sea.
A key problem to further development in the region is the status of the Caspian Sea and the establishment of the water boundaries among the five surrounding countries. Russia, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan have bilateral agreements with each other based on median lines. Because of their use by the three nations, median lines seem to be the most likely method of delineating territory in future agreements. However, Iran insists on a single, multilateral agreement between the five nations (as this is the only way for it to achieve a one-fifth share of the sea). Azerbaijan is at odds with Iran over some oil fields that both states claim. Occasionally, Iranian patrol boats have fired at vessels sent by Azerbaijan for exploration into the disputed region. There are similar tensions between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan (the latter claims that the former has pumped more oil than agreed from a field, recognized by both parties as shared).
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