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Ogurjaly (Ogurchinskiy) Island Sanctuary

Prohibited zonestrict nature reserve / wildlife sanctuary (offshore island)

What this zone is

Overview

How spearfishing is treated at Ogurjaly (Ogurchinskiy) Island Sanctuary.

Offshore island (~45 km², ~45 km from Turkmenbashi) in the south-eastern Caspian Sea, administered as part of the Hazar State Nature Reserve. It hosts a Caspian seal haul-out/sanctuary and breeding seabird colonies and is an Important Bird Area; as part of the zapovednik regime, public access and resource extraction (fishing/hunting, hence spearfishing) are restricted/prohibited. Although the file's Hazar entry mentions the Ogurjaly Sanctuary by name, the island itself is a geographically distinct, far-offshore feature ~150 km north of the mainland reserve center point and warrants its own location.

On the coast

Location

Approximate reference point for this zone. See the full picture on the interactive map.

39.0608°N, 53.0433°E

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Source

This zone is documented in the official source below.

Before you dive

License for Turkmenistan

Whether you need a license to spearfish here, and how to get one.

License: unknown — verify locallyvia Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan (fisheries function); state-owned operator Balkanbalyk on the Caspian

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