The explosion of the Kakhovskaya HPP flooded the only sturgeon farm in Ukraine

After the Russian occupiers destroyed the Kakhovskaya HPP, the state sturgeon plant, which is the only such enterprise in Ukraine, was flooded. This was reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine. According to experts, the flooding of the enterprise threatens the further reproduction of the sturgeon fish population. In a pessimistic scenario, this may cause the disappearance of relevant relict species in Ukrainian reservoirs. Every year, the factory provided housing for more than 1.5 million specimens of young sturgeon. Currently, experts are determining the amount of damage and the scale of destruction. Minagro reported that sturgeon fish species have a special protection status, therefore the destruction of the sturgeon farm may negatively affect the ecological state of Ukraine, as well as the countries of the Black Sea basin It should be noted that "Production-experimental Dnipro sturgeon breeding plant named after Academician S.T. Artyushchyka" is located ...