Russian sturgeon fries were released into the Don River as part of the Bagaevsky Hydroelectric Complex construction preparation stage

Large-scale works have begun to stock the Don River with Russian sturgeon juveniles. In the period from 2 to 13 July, more than 1.32 million Russian sturgeon juveniles will be released into the Don. The activities are carried out within the damage mitigation to aquatic biological resources and their habitat. In total, the sturgeon release plan for 2020 has doubled compared to 2019. Recently, the most large-scale release took place - 800 thousand juveniles of Russian sturgeon. The activities were performed by specialists of the Donskoy Sturgeon Plant of the Azov-Don Branch of the FGBU "Glavrybvod" in the Rostov Region and JSC "Stroytransgaz", the general contractor for the construction of Bagaevsky Hydroelectric Complex.

The event was attended by representatives of Azov-Don Branch of the FGBU "Glavrybvod", JSC "Stroytransgaz", the Ministry of Agriculture of Rostov Region, Azov-Chernomorsky Territorial Administration of the Federal Agency for Fishery and the Azovo-Chernomorsky branch of the FGBNU "VNIRO".

The implementation of large-scale compensatory measures during the construction of Bagaevsky Hydroelectric Complex is a significant contribution to the restoration of sturgeon population. Russian sturgeon is a unique species, which is listed in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to the degradation of the stock. Restoring the population of valuable and especially valuable fish species is one of the priority state objectives.

Before release, the juveniles were grown from fish eggs at the Don Sturgeon Plant of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Glavrybvod” until they reached a weight increment of at least 2.5 g. Under favourable conditions, these fishes can live for up to 50 years. But due to illegal fishing out and long maturation, the population of Russian sturgeon has significantly decreased in recent years. This species is listed in the Red Book of the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Environmental care and biodiversity conservation in places of presence is one of the main principles of “STG” company in the course of its activities.

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The Bagayevsky Hydroelectric Complex is the most important infrastructure project not only for Rostov Region, but also for the whole country. It is included in the Inland Water Transport Development Strategy of the Russian Federation until 2030, which once again confirms the state significance of the new facility.

The Bagayevsky Hydroelectric Complex (BHC) will allow to increase the Don River depth downstream the Kochetovsky Hydroelectric Complex to four meters. This will increase the throughout capacity of the Volga-Don Canal and ensure the safety of navigation. In addition, the water supply of the region will improve, the commercial fishing will develop, the Tsimlyansk Reservoir will be revitalized. The facility is included in the list of activities of the State Program “Transport System Development (2010-2020)”.

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