Caspian Sea

EIA Protocol to Tehran Convention enters into force

30/10/202505/11/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian countries, Caspian Sea, EIA Protocol, Kaspika Caspian seals Conservation Agency, Tehran Convention

On November 18, 2025, the Protocol on Environmental Impact Assessment in a Transboundary Context to the Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment

Seals hauling-out, Kendirli, Kazakhstan; credit Assel Baimukanova, Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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Caspian Sea Decline

14/04/202530/04/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, global warming, level decline, sturgeon

Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking,

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),

A specialist from IHE examines a dead Caspian seal, the Tyub-Karagan Peninsula, Kazakhstan, October, 2024. Photo by Lada.kz.

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Stranded on Tyub-Karagan

30/10/202405/11/2024 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, mass mortality, mass stranding, pollution, Tyub-Karagan

The number of dead Caspian seals being stranded on the Tyub-Karagan Peninsula coast in Kazakhstan is increasing. On October 10,

Malyy Zhemchuzhnyy Island, the Caspian Sea, Russia. Author A. Gadzhiev, Ph.D. in Biology, Vice-Rector for Scientific and Innovation Work, Dagestan State University, Makhachkala, Russia.

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Summer Expedition to Research Caspian Seals

30/07/202406/03/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, Chechen Island, expedition, Malyy Zhemchuzhnyy Island

On July 28, 2024, a Russian expedition went to the Caspian Sea. It was organized as part of Program for Monitoring

Caspian seals, the Northern Caspian, Kazakhstan.

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Influence of climate change…

01/03/202016/11/2024 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian Sea, climate change, climate warming, ice regime, Kaspika, Northern Caspian, Phoca caspica, Pusa caspica

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How to save the Caspian seal (Pusa caspica)?

07/01/201815/05/2018 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian, Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, conservation, conservation priorities, conservation threats, endangered species, Institute of Hydrobiology and Ecology, Kaspika, Kazakhstan legislation, Phoca caspica, population status, Pusa caspica, seal commercial hunting, sealing

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Assessment of seal by-catches…

26/11/201726/07/2025 Kaspika 0 Comment Caspian, Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, IUU fishery, IUU sturgeon catch, Kaspika, Phoca caspica, poaching, Pusa caspica, seal by-catch

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Assessment of impacts of icebreaking vessels…

04/11/201721/05/2020 Kaspika 0 Comment aerial survey, Caspian, Caspian Sea, Caspian seal, conservation, icebreaker impact, Kaspika, marine mammal, marine mammal observers, Phoca caspica, pinniped, Pusa caspica, seal breeding area, separation distance, ship strikes

© 2017. Susan C. Wilson (1), Irina Trukhanova (2), Lilia Dmitrieva (3), Evgeniya Dolgova (4), Imogen Crawford (1), Mirgaliy Baimukanov (5), Timur Baimukanov (5), Bekzat Ismagambetov (5), Meirambek Pazylbekov (6), Mart Jüssi (7),