More than 38 thousand trout fry released in Lake Sevan

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23.05.2025, 10:47

Armenian Ministry of Environment’s experts have released some 38,800 lake trout fry into Lake Sevan, the press service of the ministry reported.

More than 38 thousand trout fry released in Lake Sevan

YEREVAN, May 23. /ARKA/. Armenian Ministry of Environment’s experts have released some 38,800 lake trout fry into Lake Sevan, the press service of the ministry reported.

The fry were raised at Sevan Trout fish breeding enterprise in the village of Karchakhbyur (Gegharkunik region).

“This initiative is part of a project designed to restore the population of Sevan trout, which has been under the threat of decline for decades,” the ministry said in a statement.

Lake Sevan, the main source of drinking water in the region, one of the largest high mountain lakes in Europe and Asia, is located in the heart of the Armenian Highlands, at an altitude of 1914 meters.

The length of the lake from northwest to southeast is more than 70 kilometers, and the area of its water mirror reaches almost 1.5 thousand square kilometers.

The only out- flowing river from the lake is the Hrazdan River (a tributary of the Araks River), while 28 rivers flow into the lake, with a total basin area of 2,776 square kilometers. -0-

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