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Russia Proposes 5-Year Caspian Caviar Fishing Ban

Business Materials 27 March 2008 16:40 (UTC +04:00)

(AFP) - Russia's state fisheries agency proposed Thursday that all five countries bordering the Caspian Sea impose a five-year ban on fishing for sturgeon, prized for its caviar eggs, Russian news agencies reported.

"We propose a five-year ban on the fishing of sturgeon to our Caspian Sea partners - Turkmenistan, Iran, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan," the head of Russia's state fisheries agency, Andrei Krainy, was quoted as saying.

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