The second meeting of the representatives of Caspian Sea countries to deal with environmental crimes was held from April 4-5 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

Caspian Sea littoral states have extended their embargo on sturgeon fishing in the largest inland body of water which produces some 90 percent of the worlds caviar, an official says. Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Turkmenistan, and Kazakhstan which border the Caspian Sea have agreed tight export quotas for wild caviar and other sturgeon products. According ...