RASHT, Sep. 05 (MNA) Aquaculture deputy of Irans Fisheries Organization has said sturgeon production has surged in recent years, reviving hopes of a better place for Iran among caviar producers worldwide. Rasht hosted on Monday an international conference Prospects of Aquaculture and Caviar Production, organized by Gilan University, Irans Fisheries ...

Iran has urged all the Caspian Sea states to be committed to save sturgeon reserves in the sea through stopping fishing up in large scale, IRNA quoted Ali-Asghar Mojahedi, an official with the Iranian Fishery Organization as saying. By 2010, Iran was the leading Caspian Sea country in fishing up and exporting sturgeon in large scale, he noted. According ...