ARMENIAN PREMIER VISITED FISH-BREEDING FACTORY IN ARARAT REGION

ARKA
Aug 6, 2011

ARARAT REGION. August 6. /ARKA/. On Saturday Armenian Premier Tigran
Sargsyan, Economy and Justice ministers visited the fish-breeding
company “Aquatechavtomatika” located in the territory of the village
Sis in Ararat region of Armenia. He got introduced to the production
processes and pools of the company, correspondent of “ARKA” news
agency informs.

“Aquatechavtomatika” deals with fish-growing in artificial pools
using deep-well water. It is the leading company in the sphere of
fish-breeding and processing of fish products in the country.

General Director of “Aquatechavtomatika” Artak Gevorgyan said that
the company was built in 1996. Till 1998 it was growing trout and
from 1998 till present it deals with fish growing of sturgeon,
especially starlet.

In 2010 the company invited an international expert from Dutch
company Aquaculture Consultacy & Engeneering and with the expert’s
support developed measures targeted at the increase of productivity
of investments.

“Besides the concrete pools, six plastic pools were assembeled
which allow to double production volumes in the same investment
sizes. Use of plastic pools in fish-breeding is very common abroad”,
said Gevorgyan. Plastic pools are more effective than concrete pools
from the point of view of construction expenses and operation.

Expiration date of the pools is about 25 years. The pools can be
installed in a short period of time and disassemble in three hours.

“The most important thing is that for the installation of plastic
pools it is not necessary to change the land category and conduction
of large-scale land works”, he said.

Director of the Fund of Economic development of land territories of
Armenia Tigran Khanikyan informed that in 2010 the Fund has invested
about 200 million drams in the company, of which 82.2% should have been
directed at obtaining the main equipment – pools, oxygen generators,
aerators and laboratory equipment.

“The remaining amounts should be target at the replenishment of
maternal staff of fish”, he said. ($1 – 366.56 drams).