The State Fisheries Agency of Ukraine announced the release of 189,000 young fish with a total weight of 18.6 tons into the cooling reservoir of the Slovyansk TPP in the Donetsk region. The species released included crucian carp, carp, and white carp. The user of a special commodity fishery conducted the stocking and has installed fish farms to benefit from the thermal waters of the power plant. Other reservoirs in Ukraine, such as in Cherkasy, Odesa, and Sumy Oblast, have also been stocked with significant numbers and weights of various fish species.