200.000 fish of “Gegharkuni” sort poured into Lake Sevan from territory of Karchakhbyur

GAVAR, JULY 10, ARMENPRESS. 40.000 fish weighting 30 grams and 160.000 fish weighting 5 grams of the “Gegharkuni” sort of Sevan trout were poured into Lake Sevan by the Fund for restoration of trout stocks of Lake Sevan and development of pisciculture on July 10. As informs “Armenpress”, Minister of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia Aramayis Grigoryan, Minister of Agriculture of the Republic of Armenia Sergo Karapetyan,GegharkunikGovernor Rafik Grigoryan, the President of the Committee of Lake Sevan Issues Yuri Javadyan and other officials.

“After the closure the previous factory of fish production for the first time fish was poured from the territorial administration of Karchakhbyur where climatic conditions are most favorable for breeding of trout”, convinced the director of the Fund for restoration of trout stocks of Lake Sevan and development of pisciculture, Arshak Aghajanyan.

In the future, the maternal staff of the Summer and Gegharkuni sorts will be formed in the factory of Karchakhbyur fish factory, which will be ready in September of this year and which will be equipped with the best international technologies. It is expected that more than one million fish will be poured into the lake in 2016.

“The restoration of the industrial stocks of Lake Sevan has been the dream of our nation for decades, which we bring into reality step by step. In the near future we will already have industrial stocks of Sevan trout and potentials for exports”, mentioned the Minister of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia Aramayis Grigoryan.