Russia: VNIRO scientists are successfully restoring the Shemaya carp population

To save this valuable fish, scientists from the Azov-Black Sea branch of the All-Russian Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography subordinate to the Federal Agency for Fisheries have developed a biotechnology for artificial reproduction. As a result of its implementation, it was possible to restore the population of the Azov-Black Sea shemaya in the Don River basin to a high level with the status of a biological species with a recovering population confirmed by scientific research. This made it possible to remove it from the Red Book of the Russian Federation in 2020 and from the regional Red Book of the Rostov Region in 2024. Currently, a decision has been prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture of Russia on the possibility of opening amateur fishing for shemaya in the Don River basin. The project has demonstrated the high efficiency of this technology. At the same time, its implementation became possible largely due to the organizational and financial support of the ...