The Border Service of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (NSC) conducted special operational and preventive measures in the Caspian Sea to curb illegal activities. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.
As a result of the measures carried out in October this year jointly with government agencies, 126 offenders and 44 small vessels were detained.
Additionally, 11.5 kilograms of drugs and 88 kilometers of poaching equipment were confiscated.
"2,337 sturgeon and other fish species found in poaching nets were released into their natural habitat," the NSC Border Service statement said.
Administrative fines totaling more than 4.5 million tenge were imposed on the offenders. Furthermore, damage to the state estimated at over 840 million tenge was prevented.