The Kherson production and experimental plant for breeding young fish, which is located in the temporarily occupied territory of the Kherson region, is under threat of complete flooding.
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In particular, at one of its production sites in Gola Prystan, the water has already risen to 2.5-3 meters. The fish breeding area, the ponds of the breeding area, the pumping station and other hydraulic structures were flooded. The Novokakhovsk site of the plant is also at risk of flooding.
Complete inundation can lead to the loss of the breeding population of fish and the exit of breeders and young people outside the territory.
The plant maintains valuable breeding stock of aquatic bioresources and grows carp, pike, zander, catfish, bream, walleye, white carp for stocking natural reservoirs of national importance. The modern commercial herd of these fish species in the lower Dnieper and the Dnipro-Buzka estuary consists almost entirely of individuals that are the products of the plant.
Annually, 13 million specimens of fish were introduced into the fishery water bodies of Ukraine by the plant.
As a reminder, as a result of the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP, losses to the fishing industry from the death of only adults can reach 95 thousand tons or about 4 billion UAH. In total, according to preliminary calculations, losses from the death of all biological resources will amount to UAH 10.5 billion.
The Aquaculturists
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