There is a need to develop recommendations for the placement of new industrial aquaculture farms in water bodies, since the sometimes observed crowding of fish farms in relatively small areas of water bodies increases the anthropogenic load on the water body, leads to increased eutrophication processes and deterioration of the sanitary condition of the environment, increases the risks for farms located close to each other.
Specialists of the Volga-Caspian branch of the Scientific Research Center of the Russian Federation "All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography" (VNIRO) conducted hydrological, hydrochemical and sanitary-microbiological studies at the Irganai reservoir of the Republic of Dagestan in the spring period in order to assess the quality of the habitat for aquaculture facilities. During the reconnaissance studies, it was revealed that there are places of increased concentration of solid household waste in the coastal strip and the water area of the water body. The totality of the data obtained will make it possible to assess the anthropogenic load on the water body, to assess the contribution from fish farming enterprises.
The research results will allow a more rational approach to the formation of fish farming areas and reduce the risks of fish farming activities of cage farms.
VNIRO Press Service
