REGENERATION OF FISH POPULATIONS REQUIRES 4 YEARS IN LAKE SEVAN
PanARMENIAN.Net
03.02.2010 14:24 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ At least 4 years are required for regeneration
of fish populations in Lake Sevan, Boris Gabrielyan, Director
of Institute of Hydrology and Ichthyology of NAS RA told a press
conference in Yerevan.
According to him, the Institute submitted the Ministry of Nature
Protection and the Commission on Lake Sevan, the suggestion to ban
fishing in the lake for the next 4 years. In this regard, he stressed
that the regeneration of different populations require different
time, particularly for whitefish – 4 years, for trout – up to 8
years. The entire fauna of the lake is on the brink of extinction,
the expert said.
According to Karen Chenterechyan, Head of bio-resources management
department at the Ministry of Nature Protection, the Armenian
government in 2010 allocated AMD 60 million against AMD 72 million
in 2009 for the purchase of fingerlings from local companies that
produce fish.
In turn, deputy director of the Institute of Hydro-ecology and
Ichthyology of RA NAS, Evelyna Ghukasyan added that the results of
research indicate that, since 2004 the population of crayfish in the
lake is declining annually.