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The official website of Nature protection Ministry informs that no standard deviations have taken place for the fish farm operating in Lake Sevan. According to this source, First Deputy Minister of Nature Protection Simon Papyan held meeting over implementation of pilot program on restoration the populations of endemic fish species in Sevan Lake by fish net cages method.
Yuri Javadyan, deputy head of a special presidential commission for Lake Sevan, Bardukh Gabrielyan, Director at Institute of hydroecology and ichthyology of Armenia, Evelina Ghukasyan, Director at Institute of hydroecology and ichthyology NAS Armenia, Edvard Gevorgyan, chief expert at Armenian Harvest Promotion Center, Ashot Vardevanyan, Deputy head at Bioresources Management Agency of the Ministry of Nature Protection of Armenia, Vahe Galustyan, Deputy Director at “Sevan National Park” participated in the meeting.
The pilot program on restoration the populations of endemic fish species in Sevan Lake has been carried out by “Emmi Fruit” Company and overall the standard deviation is still not fixed during that period.
During the meeting the chief expert at Armenian Harvest Promotion Center Edvard Gevorgyan noted, that the monitoring shown that fish grown in net cages fed with artificial food 30-40% less than is intended by the pilot program.
“During the meeting the chief expert at Armenian Harvest Promotion Center Edvard Gevorgyan noted, that the monitoring shown that fish grown in net cages fed with artificial food 30-40% less than is intended by the pilot program,” the website says.
The preliminary results of the pilot program on restoration the populations of endemic fish species of Lake Sevan is planned to summarize on May 2013.
It was agreed at the meeting to carry out monitoring also after the pilot program. The organization implemented the pilot program was suggested to give proposals to the Ministry of Nature Protection about the quantity of endemic fish species grown in net cages which should be released to Lake Sevan in 2013.
January 17, 2013 at 14:58