Thursday, 08 January 2004

KAZAKHSTAN DETAINS AZERBAIJANI FISHING VESSEL FOR ALLEGEDLY POACHING STURGEON

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Officers of Kazakhstan\'s Border Service detained an Azerbaijani fishing vessel on 31 December for poaching sturgeon, according to a Border Service press release. The vessel, registered in Baku, was reportedly found to be carrying 2 tons of sturgeon and 3 kilograms of black caviar. The boat was escorted to the Kazakh port of Bautino, where its special tackle for catching sturgeon was confiscated.
Officers of Kazakhstan\'s Border Service detained an Azerbaijani fishing vessel on 31 December for poaching sturgeon, according to a Border Service press release. The vessel, registered in Baku, was reportedly found to be carrying 2 tons of sturgeon and 3 kilograms of black caviar. The boat was escorted to the Kazakh port of Bautino, where its special tackle for catching sturgeon was confiscated. The boat\'s crew faces charges of poaching in Kazakh territorial waters. According to the Border Service, four Azerbaijani vessels were found poaching sturgeon in Kazakh waters last year. (Interfax-Kazakhstan)
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