Russia: Draft comprehensive program for the restoration of whitefish stocks in Western Siberia was presented

A representative of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (VNIRO - subordinate to Rosrybolovstvo) spoke about the activities of the project for a comprehensive program for restoring the whitefish stock in the Ob-Irtysh fishery region. The document is the result of a lot of work by scientists and authorities; it was developed jointly by Rosrybolovstvo, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the governments of the Yamalo-Nenets and Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. The relevance of restoring whitefish stocks was discussed at the II Congress of Young Scientists at the end of last year. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a number of instructions. The developed draft program includes measures to restore stocks of muksun, nelma and broad white salmon; populations of these species in the rivers of Western Siberia are in a depressed state. According to fishery scientists, its implementation will make it possible to return valuable species of ...