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Caspian Seals Conservation Agency

Microplastic contamination in Caspian seals (Pusa caspica).

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First comprehensive quantification of microplastic contamination

05/01/202606/01/2026 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, microplastic pollution, Pusa caspica

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Caspian Seal | Handbook of the Mammals of Europe

18/10/202521/10/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian seal, Handbook of the Mammals of Europe, Phoca capsica, Pusa capsica

© 2025. E.A. Rustamov (1),* A.V. Belousova (2). Springer Nature Switzerland AG. 1) Ramsar Regional Initiatives of Central Asia, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan; (2) All-Russian Research Institute for Environmental Protection,

Caspian seals hauling-out on Kendirli islands, the middle Caspian Sea, April 04, 2019. Author Baimukanov T.T.

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Assessment of the fish diet of the Caspian seal (Pusa capsica, Gmelin, 1788)

07/10/202516/10/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian seal, diet, fish, haul-out site, Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, Kaspika Caspian seals Conservation Agency, nutrition, otoliths, Phoca caspica, Pusa caspica

The Caspian seal pup. ©Sarah Del Ben, Central Asian Institute of Ecological Research, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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Rapid decline of Caspian Sea level

11/04/202515/10/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, global warming, level decline, Phoca caspica, Pusa caspica, sturgeon

© 2025. Rebecca Court (1,12),* Matteo Lattuada (2,3,13), Nataliya Shumeyko (4), Mirgaliy Baimukanov (5), Tariyel Eybatov (6), Altynay Kaidarova (7), Elchin V. Mamedov (8), Eldar Rustamov (9), Aselle Tasmagambetova (7), Matthias Prange (10),

Capturing Caspian seals for researches on a sandbank in the north-eastern Caspian Sea, Kazakhstan. Still from the film "Caspian Seal", NCOC N.V., FC RK., 2023.

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Results of Caspian Seal Research in 2020-2024

14/01/202517/01/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian seal, Kaspika Caspian seals Conservation Agency, NCOC, North Caspian Operating Company NV, Phoca capsica, Pusa caspica

North Caspian Operating Company N.V. (NCOC) has published reports and presentations on results of comprehensive scientific research of the Caspian seal population

A group of Caspian seals hauled out at a rocky islet, the Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan. Photo by Dr. T.M. Eybatov, General Director of Museum of Natural History, the Ministry of Science and Education of Azerbaijan.

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Caspian Seal in Red Book of Azerbaijan

28/12/202415/01/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspin seal, Kaspika Caspian seals Conservation Agency, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Museum of Natural History, Phoca caspica, Pusa capsica, Red Book of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan was the first country red-listed the Caspian seal in 1993. This was largely due to the efforts of Dr. Tariel M. Eybatov, General Director of

Seals in the Caspian. Photo by Anatoliy Ustinenko.

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Viral Metagenomic Survey of Caspian Seals

27/10/202411/01/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian seal, diseases, influenza B, Phoca capsica, Pusa caspica, viral metagenome, virome

© 2024. Kobey Karamendin (1), * Simon J. Goodman (2), Yermukhammet Kasymbekov (1), Marat Kumar (1), Sardor Nuralibekov (1), Aidyn Kydyrmanov (1). * (1) Laboratory of Viral Ecology, Research and Production