![Curbing sturgeon poaching in Caspian Sea](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F112%2F48%2F1124889_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEt1ZGVua28gIzExMjQ4ODk%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-1124889-preview_1ab75db3f90086618da2c399d6f44cfc.jpg)
![Curbing sturgeon poaching in Caspian Sea](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F112%2F48%2F1124889_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEt1ZGVua28gIzExMjQ4ODk%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-1124889-preview_1ab75db3f90086618da2c399d6f44cfc.jpg)
Border guards check fishermen's papers during a raid aimed at curbing sturgeon poaching in the Caspian Sea.
- Categories: Environmental Issues, Crime, Law & Justice
- Location: Astrakhan region, Russia
- Event date: 15.05.2012
- Date published: 17.05.2012
- Author: Alexey Kudenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 3904x2502px, 7.7Mb