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ARKIV 050422 - Young boy fishing off a dock on the Caspian Sea.
Turkmenbashi, TURKMENISTAN
Foto: Christopher Herwig - Kod 9266
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Many opportunities are offered by the Caspian Sea region. It is important that they are handled with care in order to maintain the rich biological and mineral resources over a long time. The natural wealth of the region around the Caspian Sea in mineral resources also involves high metal concentrations. Industrial activities, in particular mining, are raising the metal concentration in sediments to levels exceeding permissible limits. Often, once the oil extraction activity stops, waste remains and constitutes a hazard. In Kazakhstan there are 19 oilfields with 1485 oil wells in the coastal zone of the Caspian Sea, including 148 in the flooded zone. Drilling technology in the 1960s to 1980s did not account for the corrosive nature of seawater and its effects on metal casing and lay head. Over time, wells have become considerable sources of marine pollution. Some 600 000 hectares of land in the Atyrau and Mangystau Oblasts of Kazakhstan are polluted with a thick layer of oil penetrating the soil to a depth 8 to 10 metres and polluting the ground water. About 30 000 hectares of soil on Azerbaijan’s Absheron peninsula is polluted by oil products and various forms of industrial waste.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Philippe Rekacewicz (le Monde Diplomatique) assisted by Laura Margueritte and Cecile Marin, later updated by Riccardo Pravettoni (GRID-Arendal), Novikov, Viktor (Zoi Environment Network)
Chunky, faceted Chalcedony in a beautiful shade of blue-green dangles from a twisted sterling silver circle and floats on a delicately textured sterling silver chain.
Chain measures 16" (approx. 40.5cm), drop measures 1" (apprx. 2.5cm)
Lobster style clasp.
Caspian Tern and a dowitcher at Cameron Prairie National Wildlife Refuge, Louisiana, USA. April 22, 2022.
During our geotechnical drilling campaign in the Kazakh sector of the Caspian Sea, we saw a number of seals close to the vessels.
This is a Caspian Seal; a small and rare member of the earless seal family.
From dawn to dusk the Caspian Terns (with the stubby tail) and Forster's Terns fly up and down Ana River and the canals on Summer Lake Marsh in pursuit of little fingerling size fish--whether they are trout, carp, bass or what I am not sure. These high energy seabirds hover, dive, swoop, and shoot down wind. What amazing stamina! What relentless drive!
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The top bird is obviously a Caspian Tern. It's hard to tell if the bottom is. On a separate occasion which I did not photograph, there were two obvious Caspian Terns chasing each other.
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The Kutum (Rutilus frisii kutum, family Cyprinidae) also known as "Caspian White Fish", "Caspian Roach", "māhi sefid" in Persian, "Talaji" in Mazandarani, and "sifid mahyi" in Gileki , is a medium sized fresh water and brackish water fish native to the Caspian Sea. It is a subspecies of the Black Sea Roach Rutilus frisii frisii. It is typically a medium sized fish, reaching 45-55 cm in length, rarely 70 cm, and weighing up to 4.00 kg, rarely 5.00 kg. It used to be very common and was harvested commercially. The population seems to have collapsed due to over exploitation and marine pollution. Its flesh and roe is enjoyed as food, and highly prized in Gilan and Mazandaran provinces in Iran.
Another one from the archive. This one is looking just a little North of East. Nearest cross street is Borregas (behind me). The building at left is roughly 250 Caspian, I think. A tiny slice of NetApp land appears at the very end of the street on the far right edge of this photo. I think it may be NetApp #4
December 2005
July 9, 2022 - Caspian Tern fishing at San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo Shoot with Leticia Hernandez, Esther Mukai, and Ayla.
ARKIV 050422- The fish market where locally caught sturgeon is sold.
Turkmenbashi, TURKMENISTAN
Foto: Christopher Herwig - Kod 9266
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Caspian tern, by Alex Stevens - 5th grade. One of the class winners for the annual Bird Banner competition. Community school kids draw and color migratory birds and 90 of the winners from over 1000 entries are turned into poster-sized banners to hang down main street of Brigham City this summer.
Photo Credit: Jason St. Sauver/USFWS
Coastline of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan
The Caspian Sea coast of Turkmenistan is an internationally important staging post and wintering area for waterfowl migrating from the breeding grounds of the Volga Delta and areas further north.
Photo by Michael R Appl
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(taken at Farewell Spit, New Zealand)
From Wikipedia: The Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia, formerly Sterna caspia) is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic, with no subspecies accepted. In New Zealand it is also known by the Maori name Taranui. It is the world's largest tern with a length of 48–56 cm, a wingspan of 127–140 cm and a weight of 574–782g. Adult birds have black legs, and a long thick red-orange bill with a small black tip. They have a white head with a black cap and white neck, belly and tail. The upper wings and back are pale grey; the underwings are pale with dark primary feathers. In flight, the tail is less forked than other terns and wing tips black on the underside. In winter, the black cap is still present (unlike many other terns), but with some white streaking on the forehead. The call is a loud heron-like croak. Their breeding habitat is large lakes and ocean coasts in North America (including the Great Lakes), and locally in Europe (mainly around the Baltic Sea and Black Sea), Asia, Africa, and Australasia (Australia and New Zealand). North American birds migrate to southern coasts, the West Indies and northernmost South America. European and Asian birds winter in the Old World tropics. African and Australasian birds are resident or disperse over short distances. The global population is about 50,000 pairs; numbers in most regions are stable, but the Baltic Sea population (1,400–1,475 pairs in the early 1990s) is declining and of conservation concern. They feed mainly on fish, which they dive for, hovering high over the water and then plunging. They also occasionally eat large insects, the young and eggs of other birds and rodents. They may fly up to 60 km from the breeding colony to catch fish; it often fishes on freshwater lakes as well as at sea. Breeding is in spring and summer, with one to three pale blue green eggs, with heavy brown spotting, being laid. They nest either together in colonies, or singly in mixed colonies of other tern and gull species. The nest is on the ground among gravel and sand, or sometimes on vegetation; incubation lasts for 26–28 days. The chicks are variable in plumage pattern, from pale creamy to darker grey-brown; this variation assists adults in recognizing their own chicks when returning to the colony from feeding trips. Fledging occurs after 35–45 days. The Caspian Tern is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
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