The Department of Natural Resources later reported an increase in their numbers. Officials in Russia's Dagestan province said it was still unclear what caused the mass deaths, but they could be natural causes. They are
Information available on the number of seals in the Caspian Sea (which borders Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan) varies widely.
The Fisheries Agency says the total number of Caspian seals is between 270,000 and 300,000, while the Caspian Conservation Center puts the number at 70,000.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has listed capsaicin seals on the Red List of Threatened Marine Life.
The head of the environmental protection center, Zavor Gupizov, said the seals appeared to have died about two weeks ago, adding that there was still no evidence of whether they had been killed or caught in fishing nets. are stuck
The experts of the Federal Fisheries Agency also checked the coastal area and, according to the information received from there, found no signs of deadly pollution in the water.
It should be noted that there have been cases before where dead Caspian seals have been found in such large numbers due to natural causes. Kazakhstan, which has the longest coastline along the Caspian Sea this year. At least three such incidents have been reported over the years
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