SEVAN FISH SPAWNING – FISHING BANNED

YEREVAN, JUNE 30. ARMINFO. Armenia’s Ecology Ministry has decreed to
ban commercial fishing in Lake Sevan July 1-Aug 31 2005.

For the first time ever the ban will last for 6 months – for there
is almost no fish of reproductive age left in the lake.

In Sept the fishing will be allowed in small quantities only while
in Oct-Dec the fishing will be banned again.

This year the government has almost halved the fishing quota – 300
tons against 500 tons last year.

Trade and industrial enterprises reports that fish worth 335.5 mln
AMD was caught in Jan-May 2005 with the sales totalling 506.1 mln AMD.

From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress