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Trout hatchery program to help restore fish population in Armenia's Sevan
YEREVAN, August 25. /ARKA/. Armenia's government will appropriate some
3.6 billion drams for a trout hatchery in Sevan Lake, the country's
minister of agriculture Sergo Karapetyan said last week.
The aim of the complex program is to restore Sevan's trout population,
the minister said.
The money will be spent to build a streamside fish-rearing facility
and a fish-processing factory at Sevan, 3 billion drams and 600
million drams respectively, Karapetyan said. Young fish will be
released then into the lake. The first stage of the program will cost
about 2 billion drams.
According to official information, total fish resources are now over
420 tons in Sevan, including 324 tons of sig (whitefish). In the
beginning of 1990ies fish population totaled 28-30,000 tons.
Sevan is one of the largest mountainous lakes in Europe and Asia. It
sits in the middle of Armenian Highland at an altitude of 1914 meters
and is the main source of drinking water in the region. ($1-
407.79drams). -0--
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YEREVAN, August 25. /ARKA/. Armenia's government will appropriate some
3.6 billion drams for a trout hatchery in Sevan Lake, the country's
minister of agriculture Sergo Karapetyan said last week.
The aim of the complex program is to restore Sevan's trout population,
the minister said.
The money will be spent to build a streamside fish-rearing facility
and a fish-processing factory at Sevan, 3 billion drams and 600
million drams respectively, Karapetyan said. Young fish will be
released then into the lake. The first stage of the program will cost
about 2 billion drams.
According to official information, total fish resources are now over
420 tons in Sevan, including 324 tons of sig (whitefish). In the
beginning of 1990ies fish population totaled 28-30,000 tons.
Sevan is one of the largest mountainous lakes in Europe and Asia. It
sits in the middle of Armenian Highland at an altitude of 1914 meters
and is the main source of drinking water in the region. ($1-
407.79drams). -0--
http://arka.am/en/news/economy/trout_hatchery_program_to_help_restore_fish_popula tion_in_armenia_s_sevan/#sthash.h9R30YEy.dpuf