Kazakhstan, Iran propose 10-year sturgeon ban

ASTANA, April 6 (RIA Novosti) - Kazakhstan and Iran are proposing a ten-year moratorium on sturgeon fishing in the Caspian Sea, the Kazakh president said on Monday.

"We [together with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad] proposed announcing a moratorium on the fishing of sturgeon in the Caspian Sea for the next 10 years, as poaching and unlimited production of this fish threatens it with total extinction," Nursultan Nazarbayev said.