Workers at Shilat (Iranian Fisheries Organisation) in Bandar-e Anzali

A Sturgeon Hatchery near Bandar-e Anzali.

Office in Shilat (Iranian Fisheries Organisation) in Bandar-e Anzali

Workers at Shilat (Iranian Fisheries Organisation) in Bandar-e Anzali

Workers at Shilat (Iranian Fisheries Organisation) in Bandar-e Anzali

Eshagh Schabani (standing), the Director of all Shilat (Iranian Fisheries Organisation) operations on the Caspian Sea, during a meeting with Mahmoud Akbarkah, Director of local Caviar production at Shilat's headquarters in Bandar-e Anzali.

Empty shelves at the Shilat (Iranian Fisheries Organisation) cold storage facility in Tehran. Usually these shelves would be full of tins of Caviar for both domestic consumption and export.

A catch is auctioned off at the fish market in Bandar-e Anzali.

A catch is auctioned off at the fish market in Bandar-e Anzali.

A view of Tehran.

Young Iranian women in Bandar Anzali.

The Cafe Naderi in Tehran, part of one of the oldest hotels in the city and a famed haunt for Tehran's intellectuals and artists.

Shopworkers in Bandar Anzali.

The road from Tehran to Caspian Sea. April 2007.

The road from Tehran to Caspian Sea. April 2007.

The road from Tehran to Caspian Sea. April 2007.

The road from Tehran to Caspian Sea

The road from Tehran to Caspian Sea. April 2007.

A cafe in Bandar-e Anzali.

Fishermen push their boats out to sea in the early morning. They fish for Sturgeon but these days it is not uncommon for them to go for weeks without catching a single fish.

Sea defences at the port of Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea.

Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea.

Bandar Anzali on the Caspian Sea.