Over 400,000 Caspian salmon fry will be released into the waters of North Ossetia by the end of the year, as part of a state assignment. The fry are currently being grown at the Ardon Salmon Fish Hatchery. So far this year, over 180,000 fry have been released into the Terek River and about 100,000 into other water bodies of the republic. The Pavlodol HPP has become a natural barrier to salmon migration.