On September 27, 2021, the Ministry of Agrarian Policy of Ukraine announced that 25,282 fish specimens, including Danube salmon, were released into the Prut, Cheremosh, and Tisza rivers and their tributaries in the Chernivtsi, Zakarpattia, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. This is part of a conservation effort to restore the fish population in these rivers. The fish were grown at the Lopushno Fish Trout Plant and the stocking was done in accordance with the Ministry's approved procedure. A special commission oversaw the process to ensure its success.