Russian researchers reveal the secrets of the unique char from Sobachye Lake

During a scientific expedition of Siberian scientists to Sobachye Lake (Putorana Plateau) in October, researchers collected 23,000 Putorana char eggs. This fish, which has a record content of omega-3 fatty acids, is considered the healthiest in the world. The eggs were sent to fish hatcheries to diversify the char population in aquaculture. The project, led by Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences Mikhail Gladyshev, is introducing Putorana char into aquaculture with the aim of producing fish with unique nutritional properties. Aquaculture is the most rational way to use the fish resources of Arctic lakes, since industrial fishing in these lakes is limited or impossible. “In Lake Sobachye on Taimyr, several years ago, researchers from the Institute of Biophysics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences and Siberian Federal University, discovered char of the genus Salvelinus with a record content of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids of the omega-3 family ...