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    BROOK TROUT MAY BECOME A RED BOOK SPECIES DUE TO SMALL HYDROPOWER PLANTS

    by Karina Manukyan

    Wednesday, May 28, 00:12

    The development of small hydropower plants (HPP) may endanger some
    fish species, including the brook trout.

    WWF Armenia Head Karen Manvelyan has told ArmInfo that fish simply
    disappear from some rivers of Armenia, particularly, from the rivers
    Tsav, Marts, Akhuryan and Yeghegis. Manvelyan thinks that Armenia
    should toughen the control over construction of small HPPs.

    Many small HPPs fail to use fish-passes, and this has a negative
    effect on the ichthyofauna, first of all, on the brook trout. "If
    the situation does not change, the brook trout will be included in
    the Red Book", he says.

    The environmental NGOs have repeatedly criticized the small HPPs in
    Armenia. In particular, they have pointed at simultaneous operation
    of several HPPs on one river, which has a negative effect on the
    flora and fauna.

    Some projects on construction of small HPPs have prompted mass protests
    in different marzes of the republic. The residents of Aragatsotn marz
    have recently expressed their discontent with the HPP construction
    in the Karbi Gorge. They claim that the small HPP will deprive them
    of irrigation water.

    http://www.arminfo.am/index.cfm?objectid=E85FAE30-E5DB-11E3-950C0EB7C0D21663

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