their famous for their black caviar. is a total ban on fishing in the result of its employees are only allowed to use fishing rods even so the local people will recount their interests and fishing tales. but i can't show how big it was even if i spread my arms to the limit imagine this tall man holding a catfish while part of its tail about half a metre long is on the ground. during high water the fish move to the flood plain to spawn it's here that baby fish scramble out of hard rare data the receding water takes them back to the river. both fry and fish come here after spawning the warm water stimulates underwater vegetation this is a comfortable place for the young it's like a kindergarten. for the time being there are almost new fish in this quite a nursery so the cameraman switches his attention to the plants. couriers fairly strong here it seems this tangle of. service as a filter purifying the water flowing through it. as a result it becomes clear. when i go down there i clearly see that the remote bottom and the

boat and off you go to wherever you want for centuries this delta was where russians falling for black caviar giant fish can be found yeah boy of the two told man were holding up a catfish part of its tail was half a metre long number of birds here in spring and autumn runs into the millions this place has a purpose for birds or they're lucky to have these islands you can easily lose your way in this tangle of beautiful plants to see how water sparkles on these leaves coming across turtles bathing in the sun they will be a few metres from where you live is not something out of the imagery of the delta the wild is just a few steps away from civilization. and strand is a city in russia's south it has a kremlin made of white stone and another symbol of the city is the swoons that live in the pond in the center of this one stayed there all the year round but most of all the people of astrakhan the proud of the volga river russia's most famous river drains into the caspian sea in the astrakhan region. from above it looks as though the deep river runs into an obstacle one hundred thirty kilometers

poacher's hunting for black caviar may soon force one of russia's natural treasures into extinction. went to russia's southern region to find out how the authorities are fighting back against illegal fishermen. a weekly raid on poaches in the volga delta. that caviar in each one of these jars is worth fifteen thousand dollars fishing wild sturgeon is highly illegal but the ban has simply driven the prices up making poaching ever more lucrative poaches supply forty nine out of every fifty jars of caviar consumed. colonel gets in below shows the equipment he sees in just the last few months was a chest all around there are hundreds of foremen cruising speed boats equipped with remote is satellite navigation and weapons we try to shoot their motors to stop them but they fire back and we can't get them all. the caspian sea produces the vast majority of the world's black caviar but the population of sturgeon n. it has dropped by forty times in just two decades the local university is now simply trying to save the genetic samples before it's too late because when you think without scientis

the caspian sea produces the vast majority of the world's black caviar but the population of sturgeon n. it has drop by forty times in just two decades the local university is now simply trying to save the genetic samples before it's too late is that when you see without scientists and fish breeders the sturgeon would have become extinct a reading of what i would be seen only an aquarium this is a catastrophe. the government subsidizes breeding farms such as this one to try and avoid total extinction successful breeding is difficult even here it takes sturgeon until then there are ten to start treat with d.c. but at least i'm their offspring i'm not destined for the dinner table. yeah they release about one million fish every single year but then as soon as they sturgeon free most of them are legally fished again meaning that the population is not likely to recover for decades despite installing millions of dollars of new books but the managers say only better regulation can change the situation. but the problem isn't the people here on the ground the problem is corruption at a higher

poachers hunting for a black caviar are pushing the sturgeon population towards extinction in russia southern caspian sea while authorities have been battling to try and stop them it's only led the illegal fishermen to take guns along with their rods as art but i would never ports. a weekly rate on poachers in the volga delta. caviar in each one of these is worth fifteen thousand dollars. sturgeon is highly illegal but the ban has simply driven the prices up making a little more lucrative poaches supply forty nine out of every fifty dollars of caviar consumed. colonel gets in below shows the equipment he sees in just the last few months more of it just to put. hundreds of foremen cruising speed which with. satellite navigation and weapons and you can look we tried to shoot them oh just to stop them they fire back and we can't get them all. the caspian sea produces the vast majority of the world's black caviar but the population of sturgeon in it has gone by forty times in just two decades the local university is now simply trying to save the genetic samples before it's too late is th

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