The basis of the fisheries of Kazakhstan is the fishery fund of reservoirs, which includes the waters of the Caspian and Aral Seas, lakes Balkhash, Zaisan, reservoirs of the Alakol lake system (Alakol, Sasykkol, Koshkarkol), Bukhtarma, Ust-Kamenogorsk, Shulba, Kapshagai, Shardara reservoirs, Ili, Irtysh, Syrdarya, Zhaiyk, Tobol, Nura, Shu and other reservoirs in which there are more than 70 species of fish, including the most commercially valuable (pike perch, carp, white amur, silver carp, etc.).
The Committee of Fisheries of the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan (CRH MAGPR) is an agency that performs strategic, regulatory, implementation and control functions in the field of protection, reproduction and use of fish resources and other aquatic animals.
The MPR Fisheries Committee was established by the Decree of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated December 31, 2020 No. 955.
Main areas of activity:
fishing – fishing of fish resources and other aquatic animals;
fish farming is the artificial reproduction and cultivation of fish for the purposes of entrepreneurial activity.