FNA - The number of Caspian seals has sharply reduced by 90% over the past 30 years, officials at Irans Department of Environment (DoE) said, adding that the organization is working on a national action plan to preserve the endangered species. Deputy Director of DoEs Marine Environment Department Parvin Farshchi said on Saturday that, in cooperation ...

Tehran Times - Given Caspian seals, the sole marine mammals inhabiting the Caspian Sea, have fallen into a drastic decline pushing the specie towards extinction, Iranian ships in the Caspian Sea will display Caspian seal image, deputy environment chief for marine affairs has said. By doing so, Iran spread the message of the need for preserving the ...

Financial Tribune- Efforts for the conservation of Caspian Sea's only mammal depend on the establishment of a local Tehran Convention secretariat whose first office is set to be in Baku, Azerbaijan, a senior official at the Department of Environment said. The five littoral Caspian states, namely Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russian Federation and ...

The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has reported the mass death of Caspian seals off the Azeri coast. An investigation into the cause of the seal deaths is underway and the results are expected to come out in two weeks. A similar incident happened in the Caspian Sea in 2001 and 2002; subsequent investigations revealed ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (MNA) The Caspianseal is among the rare species in the Caspian Sea which is facing the threat of extinction due to excessive hunting. Amir Sayadi Shirazi, a veterinary expert, while pointing to global warming as one environmental cause of endangering the Caspian seal, said, another threat to the Caspian seal is humans hunting. The ...