The Rostov Region Legislative Assembly discussed the development of Don aquaculture

 

The event was attended by deputies of the Legislative Assembly of the Rostov Region, representatives of the executive authorities of the region, territorial bodies of federal executive authorities operating in the Rostov Region, administrations of municipal districts in the region, the scientific community, heads of fish farms, public associations and associations in the field of aquaculture and the media.

 

The round table meeting was opened by Vasilenko V.N. - Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Rostov Region - Chairman of the Committee on Agrarian Policy, Nature Management, Land Relations and Cossack Affairs. In his speech, Vyacheslav Nikolaevich emphasized: "Today, the fisheries complex of the region is a powerful production structure, on which the food base of our region and the whole country depends. For many years, the Rostov Region has been the leader in the country in the production of commercial aquaculture. The annual volume of commercial fish production in the region is more than 26 thousand tons. Over 400 organizations are engaged in pond, industrial and pasture fish farming."

 

The scientific community was represented at the meeting by the Deputy Director of the State Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO) - Head of the Azov-Black Sea branch - Arsen Mirzoyan. In his report, he noted that the bioproduction capabilities of reservoirs in terms of potential fish productivity exceed the possibility of developing food resources in the conditions of modern commercial exploitation of aboriginal ichthyofauna. He spoke about climate-related factors that have had both a positive and negative impact on the ichthyofauna in the region. This includes a reduction in the volume of freshwater runoff in rivers, an increase in the salinity of water in the Sea of ​​Azov to 15‰, an increase in the volume of moisture loss due to evaporation from the surface in the summer, an increase in the frequency of warm winters, etc.

 

As relevant measures for the most efficient use of the potential of inland water bodies, Arsen Vyacheslavovich proposed implementing a scientific approach to "generating reproductive capacity". Implementation of scientific recommendations for stocking freshwater bodies with fish at the right time, with the right species and the right amount of fish will create conditions for increasing the fish productivity of inland water bodies.

 

In general, based on the results of the meeting, taking into account the opinions of all participants, it is important to note that the professional approach of interested departments, public organizations and economic entities will contribute to the effectiveness of the application of efforts in this area.

 

Press service of VNIRO