The alarm of sturgeon extinction has been sounded
The main problem of sturgeon fishing and extraction and export of caviar is smuggling and lack of serious treatment of violators, as well as the lack of practical agreement between the Caspian countries to maintain stocks of such fish and the head of the Fisheries Organization and other officials within one or two years. Recently, alarm bells have been sounded extinct (living fossils of the world that are several hundred million years old).
Shaban Ali Nezami, while stating the increasing trend of extinction of sturgeon species and the equality of smuggled fishing with government fishing, believes: there is no shortage in the protection of the sea, but because there are no necessary facilities and forces, it is not possible to properly protect the sea. Out of 1,800 forces needed for protection, 700 are active, and if we have to have a 24-hour force to protect the sea, the required force will not be provided by the relevant agencies due to lack of funds, and the Fisheries Organization is innocent.
The Deputy Minister of Jihad for Agriculture considers that the only problem in reducing caviar is the smuggling of five Caspian littoral states; Russia’s smuggled 12 times, Kazakhstan seven times, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan four times their government.
Among these are the destruction of habitats by human activities such as: dam construction, industrial pollution, pollution caused by agricultural pesticides and improper removal of sand, which causes loosening and subsidence of the riverbed, as well as the destruction of many organisms that feed on fish. Fish can not be ignored.
The CEO of the specialized parent company of agricultural services emphasized on this issue, stating: the existence of smuggling, ecosystem changes and pollution of some rivers entering the Caspian Sea, which make the habitat of sturgeon a problem.
The head of the Iranian Fisheries Organization also considers these factors to be effective in the extinction of this species, but believes that this issue is the responsibility of other organizations and institutions.
– At one time, Iran’s foreign exchange earnings from the sale of caviar were in second place after oil revenues, but …
At one time, Iran’s foreign exchange earnings from caviar sales were second only to oil revenues, but now some experts are asking the question, in addition to ecological and environmental issues, based on which economic logic we expand paddy farming to be forced to supply plenty of water to these paddy fields. Shall we all build a dam? We have chosen rice for agricultural development. Can’t crops such as wheat and citrus, which need far less water than paddy, be planted instead of rice?
What the relevant experts say in this regard is that it seems that the lack of a systematic attitude among various government institutions and agencies and sectarianism has caused so many problems that unfortunately the relevant agencies and officials in the implementation of these projects regardless of the environmental impact. Their activities have invaded and occupied nature, which has resulted in the current turmoil.
Meanwhile, Natami, the head of the Fisheries Organization, emphasizes the need to raise sturgeon and says: The Fisheries Organization strongly believes in the efficiency of this sector and is ready to provide a principled agreement to investors, considering the payment of very suitable facilities in this field.
Have the relevant authorities recited the Fateha of free sturgeon and the extraction of wild caviar?
The comments indicate that the authorities have read the fate of free sturgeon and wild caviar in the country and are just waiting for the private sector to invest in sturgeon farming and caviar farming. Of course, caviar farming and caviar farming is a very good action and there are facilities and science in the country, but the implementation of appropriate strategies such as caviar as a smuggled goods and the judiciary to deal decisively with violators, agree with other countries to further protect the sea It can have a great impact in this regard.