In the spring in the Astrakhan region of Russia, they plan to introduce a schedule for the catch and production of roach

New restrictions for the catch and production of roach in the Astrakhan region in the form of a schedule for the days of the week, the same for recreational and industrial fishing, are planned to be introduced in the spring in order to restore the population of the species. This was announced to TASS on Tuesday by the head of the Volga-Caspian branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography (CaspNIRKh) Maxim Gorokhov. Every year in April - early May, tourists who come to the Volga delta for the roach fishing season set up tent camps on the banks for its uncontrolled catch and subsequent processing. According to scientists, the current level of the fishery stock of roach is extremely close to the critical threshold of 20 thousand tons - overcoming it will mean with a high probability that the population will lose the ability to self-repair, as well as the possible closure of the roach fishery in two to three years in the Astrakhan region. “Taking into ...