The state allocated 1.4 million manats ($827,000) for artificial breeding of fish and their protection in the first half of the year, Azertac reported citing the State Statistics Committee. This is 6 percent more than in the same period of 2016.
Some 90.8 percent of these funds were spent on the activities of artificial fish breeding enterprises, and 9.2 percent for the implementation of melioration activities.
The farms, involved in fish breeding, released 365.5 million fish babies to water including 351.5 million carps, 8.4 million sturgeons, 5.5 million fish-fed fish, and 0.1 million golden fish.
Azerbaijan, washed by the Caspian Sea, the largest closed lake on the planet, from the east has about 101 species of fish including sturgeon, thorn, white salmon, salmon, five species of the Caspian herring, omul, and carp.
The Caspian sea, with its rich natural resources, is home to 80-85 percent of the world’s sturgeons.
The Tovuz fish breeding farm located at the north-west of Azerbaijan, mainly breeds carp and bream fish. Another fish breeding plant in the northern region of Gabala, has released over 400,000 young salmons – a record breaking for the country.
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