2 million juveniles of sturgeon fish species free to Ural River
07:00, 13 July 2013
ASTANA. July 12. KAZINFORM - Atyrau sturgeon hatchery under Committee of Fisheries of Kazakhstan's Ministry of Environment has carried out the release of the first batch - about 2 million pieces of juvenile sturgeon into the Ural River grown by the enterprise, the press service of the Ministry of Environmental Protection says
The process was under the supervision of the commission, which includes representatives of the territorial fishery inspection, Atyrau Oblast administration, "Nur Otan" party and other public organizations, as well as media representatives.
It should be noted that the Ural-Caspian region in the last decade has been experiencing the greatest press of adverse human impact on aquatic biological resources in connection with active business operations in the region. This raises the need for artificial rearing of juveniles with subsequent release into the wild.
Earlier, on June 28 of this year, the Ural-Atyrau sturgeon hatchery carried out release into the natural habitat of about 2.3 million pieces of sturgeon fish species.