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The area of fish farms in the forests of Russia has grown by 40% in three years

Russia
Published Nov 13, 2022

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The area of ​​fish farms located in forests has grown by 40% since 2019, and commercial fishing is also growing in coastal forest areas. This was reported to TASS on Saturday by the press service of Roslesinforga (the forest accounting department of Rosleskhoz). “About 2,000 square kilometers of the forest fund has been allocated for fish breeding and amateur fishing. About 30 farms are engaged in aquaculture.

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The area of fish farms located in forests has grown by 40% since 2019, and industrial fishing is also growing in coastal forest areas. This was reported to TASS on Saturday by the press service of Roslesinforga (the forest accounting department of Rosleskhoz). "About 2,000 square kilometers of the forest fund has been allocated for fish farming and amateur fishing. About 30 farms are engaged in aquaculture cultivation. This type of forest use is most popular in the Khabarovsk Territory, Karelia and the Murmansk Region, as well as in 11 other regions of our country. Mostly are located near cities with a well-developed transport network. This type of forest use has been allowed by law since 2019, and since then the area has been growing by 13% annually," the report says. As noted in the department, pike, trout and sturgeon are most often bred in fish farms. For this, forests are rented on the banks of a river, lake, pond, less often the sea. An aqua farm is being built - several ...
Source: Kvedomosti
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