The ban on catching roach in Russia will remain in effect in 2025

The ban on catching roach in Russia will remain in effect in 2025. This was reported to journalists by the head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries Ilya Shestakov on the sidelines of the International Fishery Forum and Exhibition of the Fishing Industry, Seafood and Technology. "There is a ban on roach, and it will be next year, because the situation with roach is really bad. We need to give it a rest, we need to give certain stocks a certain time to recover, to rest," he said. Shestakov noted that the restoration of stocks will occur naturally. "This will be a natural restoration, in principle. If there are normal water releases, we believe that spawning can be normal," the head of the Federal Agency for Fisheries said. The Russian Ministry of Agriculture has banned industrial and amateur fishing of roach in the Astrakhan Region and in the Caspian Sea until the end of 2024, with the exception of 10 days in April. It is also prohibited to catch roach in seven districts of the ...