The only state sturgeon farm in Ukraine went under the water

As a result of the destruction of the Kakhovskaya HPP, the only state sturgeon farm in Ukraine in the village of Dniprovske of the Bilozer district of the Kherson region was flooded. This is a direct threat to the further reproduction of sturgeon fish populations, which may lead to the disappearance of these relict species in the country's reservoirs. This was reported to the Ministry of Agrarian Policy. Production and experimental Dnipro sturgeon breeding plant named after Academician S.T. Artyushchyka worked since 1984 and compensated for the reproduction of sturgeon fish species in Ukraine, which lost the possibility of natural reproduction due to the regulation of the Dnieper by a cascade of reservoirs. Every year, the enterprise ensured the settlement of more than 1.5 million specimens of young sturgeons. Currently, the scale of the destruction and the amount of damage are being established. Considering the special protection status of sturgeon species, the destruction of the ...