Last July the eastern sea dried up entirely. Each of these boats used to haul in tons of fish every year. The fleet has been rusting near the former Uzbek port of Muynoq since the Aral dried up ...

Kazakhstan's two major aquatic ecosystems, the Aral and Caspian Seas, are in decline. The water level of the Caspian Sea continues to drop, leading to a steady decrease in fish stocks. Once the ...