VLADIMIR MOVSISYAN: FISH RESERVES OF LAKE SEVAN EXTREMELY POOR
ArmInfo
2009-04-29 18:40:00
Fish reserves of Lake Sevan are extremely poor, Vladimir Muradyan,
Chairman of the Commission to Study Prior Problems of Lake Sevan,
told media after the regular session of the Commission in the town
of Gavar, Gegharkunik region, Armenia.
Movsisyan said the phrase fish poaching is hardly acceptable to the
current situation. ‘I prefer using the phrase "illegal fishing" which
reduces our fish reserves 50 times’, he said. He said the Commission
sets a task to normalize the industrial fishery and restoration
of fish reserves both by natural and artificial methods. ‘It is
necessary also to normalize the procedure of licensing fishers. By
our data 1036 people are engaged in fishing, Nevertheless, even
small fish is currently fished which is dishonour for the Armenian
people. It is necessary to restore the fish reserves at least for two
years. Afterwards we will fish 10 times more than now’, V. Movsisyan
said.