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Catches of whitefish temporarily banned in Armenia
Catches of whitefish in Lake Sevan in Armenia will be banned until 20 January due to the spawning period, the police press service reported. YEREVAN, 9 December. /ARKA/. Catches of whitefish in Lake Sevan in Armenia will be banned until 20 January due to the spawning period, the police press service reported. It is noted that until ...
12/09/2024Armenian government more than halves quota for volume of legal fishing from Sevan - to 257 tons
... /ARKA/. The Armenian government at a meeting on Thursday more than halved the quota for the volume of legal fishing in Lake Sevan until the end of 2024 - to 257 tons. Environment Minister Hakob Simidyan noted that the annual fishing quota was 600 tons ... ... will be submitted by February 29. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan added that the ban on whitefish fishing, especially during the spawning period, has been implemented by 95% thanks to the creation of a water patrol service. At the same time, Pashinyan expressed ...
02/08/2024Authorities prevented the smuggling of 382 kilograms of whitefish
... Armenian environmental authorities have prevented the illegal transportation of 362 kg of frozen whitefish to the capital Yerevan. According to the Nature and Subsoil Protection Inspectorate, the fish was found in the truck of a VAZ-2106 car on the Sevan-Yerevan highway. Currently, catching whitefish in the lake is prohibited due to the spawning period. The cost of fish is estimated at 1.8 million drams. The case has been transferred to law enforcement bodies. --0--
01/11/2024Whitefish spawning period starts: control will be tightened in Lake Sevan and other water bodies
... spawning period of whitefish. Earlier, the ministry set the quota for commercial catch of whitefish from Lake Sevan for 2022 at 600 metric tons. According to the ministry, 554.9 tons have already been caught. In connection with the beginning of the spawning period from December 15 to January 20, 2023, a strict ban on whitefish fishing in Lake Sevan will be in force, it said. As part of these measures, fishermen, people in nearby villages and heads of communities will be informed about the purpose of the ban. Also, round-the-clock monitoring will be established in the territory of Sevan National ...
11/29/2022Armenian government approves regulations for whitefish catch in Lake Sevan
... population stands now at 2,268 tons, of which 667 tons are earmarked for commercial catch. Of that volume 200 tons are provided for catching in 2020. Vahe Jilavyan said only fish that weighs at least 500 grams can be captured by nets in the so-called large Sevan, at a distance of 500 meters from the shore to exclude the capture of fry. He noted that in 2020, the capture season will be until October 1, and in December-January there will be a strict ban to ensure spawning. He said also that commercial fishing boats will be allowed to enter the lake from special 17 points, indicated on the map, and only in the daytime. The inspectors will record the time, when the boat enters the lake and returns, the fisherman’s ...
06/18/2020Armenian government designates areas for banning construction of hydropower plants
... small hydropower plants. "In fact, we determine the territories where construction of hydropower plants will be completely banned," Grigoryan said. According to him, construction of small hydropower plants will be banned on the rivers with spawning grounds for endemic fish species, characteristic of these territories or listed in the Red Book of Armenia. The minister said it will not be possible to build hydropower stations also on rivers, whose load through the diversion canals is 40% ...
03/21/2019Whitefish commercial reserve in Armenian Lake Seven is up 30 percent
... news conference today. YEREVAN, December 17, /ARKA/. The commercial population of whitefish in Armenia’s largest Lake Sevan has increased by 30% in late October 2018 when compared to the same time span of 2017, Bardukh Gabrielyan, the director ... ... Armenia is about 2.9 thousand tons, but it is not sufficient to allow unlimited fishing. He said in a couple of days whitefish spawning season begins, and it is extremely important to prevent illegal fishing throughout that period. ‘Unfortunately, the ...
12/17/2018Population of whitefish in Armenia’s largest lake can be increased several times in 2-3 years – expert says
... affiliation of the National Academy of Sciences, told a news conference today. According to him, recent studies show that Lake Sevan has a total of 430 metric tons of commercial size whitefish (except for large specimens and fry). "Based on the findings ... ... ask the government to ban commercial fishing in the lake for at least 12 months and step up anti-poaching activity during the spawning season. Unfortunately, poaching goes on,' Gabrielyan said. "If we minimize poaching and maintain the current growth ...
07/06/2016Some 200,000 trout juveniles sent to Lake Sevan
... right direction.» In his words, some 370,000 trout juveniles are planned to be added to this number in November, and results will be visible in one or two years. «It is necessary to enhance public awareness to lessen illegal fish hunting here in spawning season,» the minister said. 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. The lake’s water surface is 1,500 square kilometers. Sevan is the main resource of drinking water in the region....
07/14/2015Some 300 tons of whitefish remain in Armenia’s largest Lake Sevan
... species is void of natural self-reproduction, because the trout spawning usually occurs in rivers, near the coast, where the illegal fishing is made," Gabrielyan said. He said in order to maintain and increase the reserves of whitefish and trout in Sevan the government needs to extend the fishing ban period at least from November to January. Under the law, today the ban is effective from December 10 to December 25, while spawning begins somewhere in the middle of September and lasts until January. According to a joint study, conducted by Armenian and Russian researchers, in 1983 the lake held around 11,000 tons of fish, which dwindled to 625 tons in 2005, to 253 tons ...
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