Ownership Submission
FORM 4
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
Passin James
  2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CASPIAN SERVICES INC [CSSV.OB]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
152 WEST 57TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
07/31/2007
(Street)

NEW YORK, NY 10019
4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)
5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)
6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, par value $0.001 07/31/2007   P   833,331 A $ 9 (1) 6,908,331 I See footnotes. (2) (3)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)
2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)
5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)
6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)
7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)
8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)
9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)
10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)
11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Warrant $ 4 07/31/2007   P   277,777   07/31/2007 07/31/2010 Common Stock, par value $0.001 277,777 $ 9 1,277,777 I See footnotes. (2) (3)
Option (Right to Buy) $ 3 08/01/2005   A   25,000   08/01/2006 08/01/2015 Common Stock, par value $0.001 25,000 $ 0 (4) 25,000 D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
Passin James
152 WEST 57TH STREET, 24TH FLOOR
NEW YORK, NY 10019
  X   X    

Signatures

 /s/ James Passin   08/02/2007
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) The securities subject to this Form 4 were purchased as Units at the price listed in Column 4 of Table I and in Column 8 of Table II.
(2) The Reporting Person is a manager and a member of FGS Advisors, LLC ("FGS") and FG2 Advisors, LLC ("FG2"), a member of Firebird Avrora Advisors LLC ("Avrora"), and may be deemed to share control of FGS and FG2. FGS, FG2 and Avrora act as investment advisers to, respectively, Firebird Global Master Fund, Ltd. ("Global"), Firebird Global Master Fund II, Ltd. ("Global II") and Firebird Avrora Fund, Ltd., which, together with affiliates Firebird Republics Fund, Ltd. and Firebird New Russia Fund, Ltd. (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds"), own the securities subject to this Form 4. FGS is also the General Partner of Firebird Global Fund, L.P., and FG2 is also the General Partner of Firebird Global Fund II, L.P., which invest substantially all of their assets in Global and Global II, respectively. As investment advisers to certain of the Funds, each of FGS, FG2, Avrora has voting and investment control with respect to the securities held by the Fund or Funds that it advises.
(3) The Reporting Person may be deemed to have an indirect interest in certain of the securities owned by Firebird Global Master Fund, Ltd., Firebird Global Master Fund II, Ltd. and Firebird Avrora Fund, Ltd. through his indirect holdings therein. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of all securities except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein and this filing should not be deemed an admission of beneficial ownership for Section 16 purposes or any other purpose.
(4) The options were granted to Mr. Passin in his capacity as a director of the Issuer.

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