Whitefish stocks in Lake Sevan are under threat. This is what deputy of the My Step faction of the National Assembly of Armenia Varazdat Karapetyan said during a discussion on the report on performance of the 2019 State Budget held as part of the joint session of parliamentary standing committees today, adding that the reason is that many fishers fish for juvenile fish in Lake Sevan and Armenia imports fishnets with small diameters.

The deputy noted that importers often state that they are importing fishnets in order to use them as fabric or clothes and asked acting Minister of Environment Vahe Jilavyan to follow up on the issue. In his turn, Jilavyan said he has already discussed the matter with the governor of Gegharkunik Province and will also discuss it with police officers.