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Anglers Angry: Electro-Shock and Toxic Wastes Lead to Less Debed River Fish
Larisa Paremuzyan
13:16, June 8, 2013
Davit Antaranyan, a lifelong angler, says that there's a premeditated
plot to destroy the fish in the Debed River.
`I don't know who is destroying the fish. And I'm not the only one
complaining. All the anglers up and down the river are up in arms.
They say fishermen are coming in from Georgia and electro-shocking the
water, and that's why the fish are disappearing,' says Davit.
He says the Georgians come in the winter to `shock' the water, a time
of year when local anglers from Alaverdi stay home.
Davit also believes that the toxic wastes following into the river
from the Akhtala Enrichment Plant is causing great damage as well.
He claims that the tastiness fish around are pulled from the Debed
River and that people come from all over to partake bit that fish
stocks have plummeted.
Davit Antaranyan Serzhik Karganyan
`I eat some of what I catch and sell the rest,' says Davit. `I take
the fish to Yerevan, sell them, and buy other things with the
proceeds. He confesses that in Yerevan he can sell one kilo at 3,000
AMD while the same amount goes for 1,500-2,000 in Alaverdi.
Local angler Serzhik Karganyan also complains about the vanishing fish
and blames the Akhtala Plant as the culprit.
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/27163/anglers-angry-electro-shock-and-toxic-wastes-lead-to-less-debed-river-fish.html
Larisa Paremuzyan
13:16, June 8, 2013
Davit Antaranyan, a lifelong angler, says that there's a premeditated
plot to destroy the fish in the Debed River.
`I don't know who is destroying the fish. And I'm not the only one
complaining. All the anglers up and down the river are up in arms.
They say fishermen are coming in from Georgia and electro-shocking the
water, and that's why the fish are disappearing,' says Davit.
He says the Georgians come in the winter to `shock' the water, a time
of year when local anglers from Alaverdi stay home.
Davit also believes that the toxic wastes following into the river
from the Akhtala Enrichment Plant is causing great damage as well.
He claims that the tastiness fish around are pulled from the Debed
River and that people come from all over to partake bit that fish
stocks have plummeted.
Davit Antaranyan Serzhik Karganyan
`I eat some of what I catch and sell the rest,' says Davit. `I take
the fish to Yerevan, sell them, and buy other things with the
proceeds. He confesses that in Yerevan he can sell one kilo at 3,000
AMD while the same amount goes for 1,500-2,000 in Alaverdi.
Local angler Serzhik Karganyan also complains about the vanishing fish
and blames the Akhtala Plant as the culprit.
http://hetq.am/eng/articles/27163/anglers-angry-electro-shock-and-toxic-wastes-lead-to-less-debed-river-fish.html