LAST CITADEL OF THE LAST CITADEL OF THE RUSSIAN STURGEONRUSSIAN STURGEON

Kozheurova Natasha– Kozheurova Natasha–

the group leaderthe group leader

Aims:Aims: Tasks:Tasks:

To develop the To develop the ability to project.ability to project.

To think and to To think and to study English about study English about problems of problems of environment.environment.

To bring up the To bring up the feeling of anxiety feeling of anxiety about this problem.about this problem.

To draw attention to To draw attention to problems of the problems of the Caspian seaCaspian sea

To investigate the To investigate the reasons of reasons of disappearance of the disappearance of the Russian sturgeonRussian sturgeon

To offer the ways of To offer the ways of rescue of a valuable rescue of a valuable fishfish

HYPOTHESISHYPOTHESIS• STURGEON REPEATS A STURGEON REPEATS A

DESTINY OF MAMMOTHS. DESTINY OF MAMMOTHS. THEY WILL BE THEY WILL BE EXTERMINATED BY THE EXTERMINATED BY THE PERSON. IN THREE PERSON. IN THREE YEARS STURGEON DOES YEARS STURGEON DOES NOT BEGIN. IT IS THE NOT BEGIN. IT IS THE FORECAST OF FORECAST OF SCIENTISTS OF THE SCIENTISTS OF THE TEXAS UNIVERSITY TEXAS UNIVERSITY (USA) CARRYING OUT (USA) CARRYING OUT RESEARCH OF VOLGA RESEARCH OF VOLGA AND THE CASPIAN SEA.AND THE CASPIAN SEA.

"The Astrakhan region"The Astrakhan region is is a fishing region. The a fishing region. The fish was a basis of a life fish was a basis of a life and well-being of our and well-being of our inhabitants. And the inhabitants. And the sturgeon is the most sturgeon is the most ancient, relic and most ancient, relic and most valuable fish who valuable fish who personifies all variety of personifies all variety of natural riches of our natural riches of our region". region".

A. P. Guzhvin, 2000

ACIPENSERACIPENSER ((LATIN)LATIN)

• In In Astrakhan Astrakhan region we region we usually usually call call sturgeons sturgeons – “Red – “Red Fish”Fish”

Nature’s richesNature’s riches

• Fishing - Fishing - branchbranch is a is a traditional traditional for the for the Astrakhan Astrakhan economy.economy.

STURGEON DELICACIESSTURGEON DELICACIES

Black Black CaviarCaviar

STURGEON DELICACIESSTURGEON DELICACIES

•Dried Dried and and salted salted back of back of sturgeosturgeonn

BUT…......BUT…......

In the last years

STATISTIC DATASTATISTIC DATA

YEARYEARSS

1932-1932-19361936

1951-1951-19551955

1978-1978-19821982

1984-1984-19881988

1999-1999-20072007

20102010--20112011

CATCCATCHH(thousand (thousand centners)centners)

109109 9696 159159 148.5148.5 11 00

DESTRUCTION OF FISH DESTRUCTION OF FISH RESOURCES (CAUSES)RESOURCES (CAUSES)

Volga electricity works

Reduction of artificial reproduction Poaching

Climate

Volga electricity works

Destruction Destruction of places of of places of traditional traditional spawningspawning

Poaching

• The The poacherspoachers destroy destroy sturgeonsturgeons with s with barbaroubarbarous s methodsmethods

Climate• The rise The rise

of a of a level of level of the the Caspian Caspian sea, sea, change change of a of a forage forage reservereserve

Reduction of artificial reproduction

• In the In the Astrakhan Astrakhan region there region there are not are not enough enough factories for factories for cultivation cultivation of sturgeonsof sturgeons

OIL- INDUSTRYOIL- INDUSTRY

•destroys destroys all alive all alive in the seain the sea

- - To forbid extraction of To forbid extraction of sturgeons in Volgasturgeons in Volga and in the and in the

Caspian seaCaspian sea

- - To construct the new To construct the new modern fishmodern fish factoriesfactories

Reserved zone on the Reserved zone on the northern Caspiynorthern Caspiy

- - To strengthen the To strengthen the

struggle against poachingstruggle against poaching

The Red book of The Red book of Astrakhan regionAstrakhan region

- To write down - To write down the sturgeon the sturgeon in the red in the red book of the book of the Astrakhan Astrakhan regionregion

We are against the decision We are against the decision of the government of Russiaof the government of Russia

Is the Russian sturgeon a red Is the Russian sturgeon a red fish or not?fish or not?

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meat

flesh ofsturgeonblack caviar

Вывод:Вывод:

• The problem of The problem of destruction of fish destruction of fish resources is very resources is very actual in our region. actual in our region. Nobody can’t decide Nobody can’t decide this problem this problem independent. We must independent. We must do everything, that the do everything, that the red fish was a symbol red fish was a symbol of our Astrakhan of our Astrakhan region. We are strong region. We are strong together!together!

Информационные Информационные ресурсыресурсы

• Б. М. Ханжин, Т. Ф. Ханжина. История Б. М. Ханжин, Т. Ф. Ханжина. История разрушения и уничтожения биоресурсов разрушения и уничтожения биоресурсов КаспияКаспия

• А. И. Брекалова. География Астраханской А. И. Брекалова. География Астраханской областиобласти

• Е. Л. Занина. Устные темы по английскому Е. Л. Занина. Устные темы по английскому языкуязыку

• www.bibliotekar.ru/rus/92-6htpwww.bibliotekar.ru/rus/92-6htp• www.life.ruwww.life.ru• www.KM.ruwww.KM.ru• Фрагменты видеофильма «Человек и море»Фрагменты видеофильма «Человек и море»