FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular. No. 1030/4

by
Zaur Salmonov
Director
Khilly Sturgeon Hatchery
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Neftchala, Azerbaijan

Agasadiq Qasimov
Head of Artificial Reproduction section
Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources
Neftchala, Azerbaijan

Haydar Fersoy
Fisheries Management Expert
FAO Subregional Office for Central Asia
Ankara, Turkey

and

Raymon van Anrooy
Fishery and Aquaculture Officer
FAO Subregional Office for the Caribbean
Bridgetown, Barbados

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Ankara 2013

ABSTRACT

Salmanov, Z., Qasimov, A., Fersoy, H. & van Anrooy, R. 2013.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Republic of Azerbaijan: a review.
FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No. 1030/4. Ankara, FAO. 42 pp.

Following the general tendency of the successor States to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, fishing and the production of fish and fish products in Azerbaijan declined considerably in the early 1990s, with annual fish production falling from more than 20 000 tonnes in the early twentieth century to just 1 570 tonnes by the end of the century. Fish imports into Azerbaijan are relatively stable, while sturgeon and black caviar make up the majority of fish exports. Sudden increases in export volumes can be explained by the different catch quotas for sturgeon in years concerned. Compared with the global average consumption of fish and fish products, consumption of fish-derived products in Azerbaijan is low as a result of both high product prices determined by insufficient domestic production and the immaturity of the distribution network.

Some structural transformations in the sector occurred in 2001, and Azerbaijan has signed a number of international conventions, three of which are related to water resources. Moreover, Azerbaijan is a member of the Commission on Aquatic Bioresources of the Caspian Sea.

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